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Sonographic findings in masseter‐muscle metastases
Author(s) -
Ahuja Anil T.,
King Ann D.,
Bradley Michael J.,
Yeo Winnie W.,
Mok Tony S. K.,
Metreweli Constantine
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0096(200007/08)28:6<299::aid-jcu6>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , masseter muscle , anatomy , radiology
Symptomatic metastases in skeletal muscles are rare, and involvement of the masseter muscle is extremely rare, with only 3 reported cases. We report 2 additional cases of masseter‐muscle metastases. Sonographically, the masseter‐muscle metastases appeared as ill‐defined, hypoechoic, heterogeneous lesions aligned with the long axis of the muscle. Fine‐needle aspiration was confirmatory. The combination of sonography and fine‐needle aspiration is the ideal method for diagnosing masseteric metastases. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 28:299–302, 2000.