Summary
The authors have studied the relationship between anatomic and CT sections of the lateral pterygoid muscle in 39 anatomic specimens. Good superimposition of the images was found, which seems important in neoplastic invasion of the infratemporal fossa and which may lead to a pathogenic interpretation of the algo-dysfunctional syndrome of the masticatory apparatus.
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Les auteurs ont étudié, sur 39 pièces anatomiques, la corrélation entre coupes anatomiques et tomodensitométriques (TDM) du muscle ptérygoïdien latéral. Il apparaît une bonne superposition des images ce qui semble intéressant dans les envahissements de la fosse infratemporale en carcinologie et qui pourrait déboucher sur une interprétation pathogénique du syndrome algo dysfonctionnel de l'appareil manducateur.
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Birou, G., Garcier, J., Guillot, M. et al. A study of the lateral pterygoid muscle: anatomic sections and CT appearances. Surg Radiol Anat 13, 307–311 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01627763
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