Pictorial review: benign and malignant enlargement of the pterygo-masseteric muscle complex.
Seven cases of unilateral enlargement of the pterygoid and/or masseter muscles due to haemangioma (1), benign masseteric hypertrophy (2), rhabdomyosarcoma (2), leukaemic infiltration (1) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (1) are presented. The differential diagnosis of pterygo-masseteric muscle enlargement is outlined and the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) discussed.
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Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Somers
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Britton
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed