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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2016

Unilateral hypoplasia with contralateral hypertrophy of anterior belly of digastric muscle: a case report.

Martin Ochoa-Escudero, Amy F Juliano

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Retaining Ligament of the Anterior Digastric Muscle.The Journal of craniofacial surgery · 2017
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin Ochoa-EscuderoDepartment of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Calle 78B # 69-240, Medellín, Colombia. martin127d@gmail.com.
Amy F JulianoMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USHospital Pablo Tobon Uribe · CO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anomalies of the anterior belly of the digastric muscle (DM) are uncommon. We present a case of hypoplasia of the anterior belly of the left DM with hypertrophy of the anterior belly of the contralateral DM. The importance of recognizing this finding is to differentiate hypoplasia of the anterior belly of the DM from denervation atrophy, and not to confuse contralateral hypertrophy with a submental mass or lymphadenopathy. In denervation atrophy of the anterior belly of the DM, associated atrophy of the ipsilateral mylohyoid muscle is present. Hypertrophy of the anterior belly of the contralateral DM can be differentiated from a submental mass or lymphadenopathy by recognizing its isodensity on computed tomography and isointensity on magnetic resonance imaging to other muscles, without abnormal contrast enhancement.

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DenervationHumansHypertrophyLymphadenopathyMaleMasticatory MusclesMiddle AgedMuscular AtrophyAnterior bellyDigastric muscleHypertrophyHypoplasia

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PMID26820886
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