Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy: First case in an 8-year-old boy and review.

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Date publication

février 2018

Journal

Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr ZWETYENGA Narcisse

Tous les auteurs :
Zwetyenga N, Hallier A, Girodon M, Levasseur J, Loison-Robert L, Moris V

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29030277

Résumé

Isolated unilateral temporalis muscle hypertrophy (IUTMH) was first described in 1990 and few cases have been published since then. This disease occurs mainly in adults. There is no clear etiology of IUTMH, but bruxism is one of the risk factors. Only two cases have been described before the age of 20 years. To our knowledge, no cases have been described in persons younger than 15 years old. We report the first case of IUTMH in an 8-year-old and review the literature.