Case Report
Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 277-280
Idiopathic Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy with Coexistent Hypertrophy of All Other Muscles of Mastication
Jain A1, Gupta P2, Tandon N1
1Department of Radiology,2Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine,
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research & HAH Centenary Hospital, New Delhi-110062, India.
Corresponding Author: Gupta P
ABSTRACT
Background: Idiopathic Masseter muscle hypertrophy is primarily a clinical diagnosis which may rarely have associations with temporal is muscle hypertrophy and/or medial pterygoid muscle hypertrophy.
Case characteristics and outcome: We describe an unusual case of coexistent unilateral hypertrophy all the muscles of mastication altogether i.e., masseter, temporal is, medial pterygoid as well as the lateral pterygoid muscle; maximum right left discordancy in the masseter muscle only.
Message: This case highlights the utility of MR imaging in complete diagnosis in any clinical diagnosis of idiopathic masseter muscle hypertrophy, which is very important in management and prognosis.
Key words: Facial asymmetry, hypertrophy, masseter muscle.