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Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report
Masseter muscle hypertrophy is a rare condition of idiopathic cause. It clinically presents as an enlargement of one or both masseter muscles. Most patients complain of facial asymmetry; however, symptoms such as trismus, protrusion, and bruxism may also occur. Several treatment options reported for...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/521427 |
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author | Shetty, Naresh Malaviya, Rajanikanth K. Gupta, M. K. |
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description | Masseter muscle hypertrophy is a rare condition of idiopathic cause. It clinically presents as an enlargement of one or both masseter muscles. Most patients complain of facial asymmetry; however, symptoms such as trismus, protrusion, and bruxism may also occur. Several treatment options reported for masseter hypertrophy are present, which range from simple pharmacotherapy to more invasive surgical reduction. Keloid scar with unilateral masseter hypertrophy is a rarely seen in clinical practice. This paper reports a case of unilateral masseter hypertrophy with keloid scar in the angle of the mandible for which surgical treatment was rendered to the patient by using a single approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-34003292012-07-27 Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report Shetty, Naresh Malaviya, Rajanikanth K. Gupta, M. K. Case Rep Dent Case Report Masseter muscle hypertrophy is a rare condition of idiopathic cause. It clinically presents as an enlargement of one or both masseter muscles. Most patients complain of facial asymmetry; however, symptoms such as trismus, protrusion, and bruxism may also occur. Several treatment options reported for masseter hypertrophy are present, which range from simple pharmacotherapy to more invasive surgical reduction. Keloid scar with unilateral masseter hypertrophy is a rarely seen in clinical practice. This paper reports a case of unilateral masseter hypertrophy with keloid scar in the angle of the mandible for which surgical treatment was rendered to the patient by using a single approach. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3400329/ /pubmed/22844620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/521427 Text en Copyright © 2012 Naresh Shetty et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Shetty, Naresh Malaviya, Rajanikanth K. Gupta, M. K. Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title | Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title_full | Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title_short | Management of Unilateral Masseter Hypertrophy and Hypertrophic Scar—A Case Report |
title_sort | management of unilateral masseter hypertrophy and hypertrophic scar—a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3400329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/521427 |
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