title: [Benefits and limits of sonography of the masseter muscle].
abstract: A sonographic method for diagnosis, follow-up and quantification of normal and hypertrophied masseter muscles is presented. This technique lends itself to diagnosis of macroscopic structural alterations of the muscle as well as tumors in the vicinity. Functional or microscopic tissue changes like trigger points in myofacial pain-dysfunction syndrome cannot be detected sonographically.
authors: Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Siegert
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Wimmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der sonographischen Diagnostik des M. masseter.