PICTORIAL REVIEW - BENIGN AND MALIGNANT ENLARGEMENT OF THE PTERYGO-MASSETERIC MUSCLE COMPLEX

Authors
SET PAK SOMERS JM BRITTON PD FREER CEL
Citation
Pak. Set et al., PICTORIAL REVIEW - BENIGN AND MALIGNANT ENLARGEMENT OF THE PTERYGO-MASSETERIC MUSCLE COMPLEX, Clinical Radiology, 48(1), 1993, pp. 57-60
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099260
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
57 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9260(1993)48:1<57:PR-BAM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Seven cases of unilateral enlargement of the pterygoid and/or masseter muscles due to haemangioma (1), benign masseteric hypertrophy (2), rh abdomyosarcoma (2), leukaemic infiltration (1) and non-Hodgkin's lymph oma (1) are presented. The differential diagnosis of pterygo-masseteri c muscle enlargement is outlined and the usefulness of computed tomogr aphy (CT) discussed.