title: Masseteric hypertrophy?: preliminary report.
abstract: We report radiological and histological investigations of a patient who presented with the masseteric hypertrophy. Sections of the patient's masseter muscles were also investigated using a series of histological techniques. The histological and morphometric analysis of the patient's masseter muscle showed numerous small fibres, which indicated that the masseteric enlargement was not the result of classic fibre hypertrophy. We suggest that the use of the term 'hypertrophy' in this condition may be misleading.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Comprehensive Restorative Care, Dental School, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cowpe
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Delday
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Maltin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed