ReviewSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2011
Mandibular nerve entrapment in the infratemporal fossa.
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- Morphological Spectrum of the Lateral Pterygoid Muscle: Radioanatomical Analysis, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analytic Synthesis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence, morphology, and morphometry of the pterygospinous bar: a meta-analysis.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2020Pooled it
- Auriculotemporal nerve morphology revisited: a novel classification based on root pattern and arterial topography.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Foramen ovale morphology and relationship with the lateral pterygoid process plate: proposal for a new classification system.Anatomical science international · 2025Article
- Morphological Measurements of Innominate Foramina and Bony Spurs along the Base of Sphenoid as a Potential Risk Factor for Neurovascular Entrapment, Radiological Interpretation and Surgical Access.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Patient Comfort and Impact of Different Anesthesia Techniques on the Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis Applications by Comparing Gow-Gates Mandibular Block Anesthesia with Auriculotemporal Nerve Block.Pain research & management · 2022Article
- Site V Surgery for Temporal Migraine Headaches.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020Article
- An anatomical study of the pterygospinous bar and foramen of Civinini.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2016Article
- Incidence of pterygospinous and pterygoalar bridges in dried skulls of Koreans.Anatomy & cell biology · 2016Article
- Sensory disturbances of buccal and lingual nerve by muscle compression: A case report and review of the literature.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2016Article
- Variations in the branching pattern of posterior division of mandibular nerve: a case report.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2014Article
- Foramen of civinini: a new anatomical guide for maxillofacial surgeons.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2013Article
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Abstract
The posterior trunk of the mandibular nerve (V(3)) comprises of three main branches. Various anatomic structures may entrap and potentially compress the mandibular nerve branches. A usual position of mandibular nerve (MN) compression is the infratemporal fossa (ITF) which is one of the most difficult regions of the skull base to access surgically. The anatomical positions of compression are: the incomplete or complete ossified pterygospinous (LPs) or pterygoalar (LPa) ligament, the large lamina of the lateral plate of the pterygoid process and the medial fibres of the lower belly of the lateral pterygoid (LPt). A contraction of the LPt, due to the connection between nerve and anatomic structures (soft and hard tissues), might lead to MN compression. Any variations of the course of the MN branches can be of practical significance to surgeons and neurologists who are dealing with this region, because of possibly significant complications. The entrapment of the MN motor branches can lead to paresis or weakness in the innervated muscle. Compression of the sensory branches can provoke neuralgia or paraesthesia. Lingual nerve (LN) compression causes numbness, hypoesthesia or even anaesthesia of the mucous of the tongue, anaesthesia and loss of taste in the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, anaesthesia of the lingual gums, as well as pain related to speech articulation disorders. Dentists should be very suspicious of possible signs of neurovascular compression in the region of the ITF.
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