Objectives: The increased muscle activity and diminished blood supply following connective tissue changes in Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSF) patients lead to muscle degeneration and fibrosis. The histopathological examination of OSF patients confirms fibrosis, but it also causes scarring and worsens OSF. Ultrasonography (USG) has been utilized in recent research to assess the echogenic patterns of the head and neck muscles in OSF patients. The study aimed to compare the echogenic pattern of the masseter muscle in OSF patients to that of normal mucosa using USG.
Methods: The study population was split into cases and controls. The cases were 63 subjects who were clinically diagnosed with OSF. In comparison, the controls were 63 subjects who were randomly selected from the outpatient clinic of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram. According to Khanna and Andrade’s criteria, OSF subjects were divided into four groups based on their clinical findings. A high-resolution real-time LOGIQUE C5 ultrasonic scanner with 7-12MHz transducers was used to image the masseteric muscle.
Results: In the present study, type II internal echogenic pattern (64.4 %) was predominant, followed by type III and type I in OSF subjects. So, type I internal echogenic patterns might be associated with normal muscles, and types II and III internal echogenic patterns might be associated with pathologic changes. A good interobserver agreement was observed.
Conclusion: In OSF patients, the appearance of the masseter muscle’s internal echogenic pattern showed a varied pattern from that of normal types.
Open Access Research Article
Journal of Dental Health and Oral Research
AK Nabeel | Volume 3; Issue 2 (2022) | JDHOR-3(2)-048 | Research Article
Citation: AK Nabeel, et al. A Descriptive Study Using Ultrasonography to Compare the Internal
Echogenic Pattern of the Masseter Muscle in Patients With and Without Oral Submucous Fibrosis. J
Dental Health Oral Res. 2022;3(2):1-12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46889/JDHOR.2022.3203
A Descriptive Study Using Ultrasonography to Compare the
Internal Echogenic Pattern of the Masseter Muscle in Patients
With and Without Oral Submucous Fibrosis
AK Nabeel1*, Anita Balan2, Girija KL3, M Venugopal4, Rajasekharan Asish5, Jesmith Elsa Jacob6, Tinky
Bose C7, Sunu Ramachandran8
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
2Principal, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
3Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College,
Thiruvananthapuram, India
4Additional Professor, Department of Imageology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India
5Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Alappuzha,
India
6Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
7Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College,
Thiruvananthapuram, India
8Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College,
Thiruvananthapuram, India
*Corresponding Author: AK Nabeel, MDS, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental
College, Thiruvananthapuram, India; Email: nabeelsabeel@gmail.com
Received Date: 20-04-2022; Accepted Date: 19-05-2022; Published Date: 27-05-2022
Copyright© 2022 by Nabeel AK, et al. All rights reserved. This is an open access article dist