Grippaudo G, Becelli R
Cattedra di Clinica Odontostomatologica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
Minerva Stomatol. 1996 Jun;45(6):277-80.
The authors present a clinical case of leiomyoma, localized in the anterior margin of the masticator muscle. The clinical diagnosis was formulated following the histological test on the operating part. It is a case a rare pathology of the oral cavity that isn't commonly suspected. The symptoms of the patient let think a pathology of ATM and it was not typical of benign or malign neoplasm of the soft tissue of oral cavity. Only the use of a special clinical test, permitted the possibility to diagnose the exceptional case of masseter muscle on the left. The surgical therapy, being the neoplasm case benign and well capsuled resulted to be treatable and permitted the definitive resolution of the case.
作者介绍了一例位于咀嚼肌前缘的平滑肌瘤临床病例。临床诊断是在对手术切除部分进行组织学检查后做出的。这是一例口腔罕见病理情况，通常不易被怀疑。患者的症状让人联想到非典型性肌阵挛（ATM）的病理情况，并非口腔软组织良性或恶性肿瘤的典型症状。仅通过一项特殊的临床检查，才得以诊断出左侧咬肌的这一罕见病例。由于该肿瘤为良性且包膜完整，手术治疗是可行的，并最终解决了该病例。
