title: A case of atrophy of the masticatory muscles due to a masticatory habit.
abstract: We present a case of atrophy of the masticatory muscles due to a masticatory habit. The patient has had only left side molars for about 40 years. The atrophy of the masticatory muscles was detected incidentally when a brain radiological examination was performed. The patient had no subjective complaints on mastication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. yimauchi-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imauchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed