ArticleHead and neck pathology2014
Painful unilateral temporalis muscle enlargement: reactive masticatory muscle hypertrophy.
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- Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy of unknown etiology: a case report and literature review.Archives of craniofacial surgery · 2023Article
- Assessing thickness and stiffness of superficial/deep masticatory muscles in orofacial pain: an ultrasound and shear wave elastography study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Unusual Case of Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy in Adolescence-Case Report and Literature Overview.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effects of ultrasound-assisted botulinum neurotoxin-A injection in patients with bruxism and masseter hypertrophy.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy in a child: a case report with literature review.BMC pediatrics · 2018Review
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Abstract
An instance of isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy (reactive masticatory muscle hypertrophy with fiber type 1 predominance) confirmed by muscle biopsy with histochemical fiber typing and image analysis in a 62 year-old man is reported. The patient presented with bruxism and a painful swelling of the temple. Absence of asymmetry or other abnormalities of the craniofacial skeleton was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and cephalometric analyses. The patient achieved symptomatic improvement only after undergoing botulinum toxin injections. Muscle biopsy is key in the diagnosis of reactive masticatory muscle hypertrophy and its distinction from masticatory muscle myopathy (hypertrophic branchial myopathy) and other non-reactive causes of painful asymmetric temporalis muscle enlargement.
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