title: A study of the lateral pterygoid muscle: anatomic sections and CT appearances.
abstract: The authors have studied the relationship between anatomic and CT sections of the lateral pterygoid muscle in 39 anatomic specimens. Good superimposition of the images was found, which seems important in neoplastic invasion of the infratemporal fossa and which may lead to a pathogenic interpretation of the algo-dysfunctional syndrome of the masticatory apparatus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birou
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garcier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guillot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vanneuville
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chazal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed