My Head is Getting Bigger: Macrocephaly with Cause Shown on CT Head – Clinical Image
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چکیده
A 19-year-old man with a BMI of 23.8 kg/m2 (5 ft 7 in; 152 lbs) presented the concern 3 years progressively enlarging head leading to an increase in hat size. The patient fulfilled criteria for macrocephaly as his circumference was 62 cm, which above 97th percentile age [1]. CT revealed homogeneous bilateral hypertrophy temporalis, masseter, and medial pterygoid muscles no evidence neoplastic process (Fig-1, Fig-2, Fig-3). While genetic syndromes can be cause out-of-range circumference, familial environmental factors contribute variations [2,3]. In this case, patient’s history bruxism since adolescence, however, other physical or developmental abnormalities were noted. As result, our case demonstrates subsequent masticatory muscle another possible macrocephaly.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Asploro Journal of Biomedical and clinical Case Reports
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2582-0370']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36502/2022/asjbccr.6270