PubMed ID (PMID): 20936195Pages 67-69, Language: EnglishLu, Xu Guang / Cai, Zhi Gang / Zhang, Yi / Sun, Yong Gang
A rare case of a male patient who suffered from noma with sequelae of ankylosis in bilateral temporomandibular joints for 52 years and a neoplasm in the right commissure of the lips for 1 year, was operated on to resolve the ankylosis, remove the neoplasm and reconstruct the soft tissue defect with a forearm flap through a one-stage operation. The neoplasm pathology was verrucous carcinoma.
Keywords: noma, ankylosis, forearm flap, verrucous carcinoma