Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound in omohyoid muscle syndrome.
Material and methods
A retrospective analysis of 11 patients diagnosed with omohyoid muscle syndrome was carried out, and the characteristics of high-frequency ultrasound images were summarized.
Results
Ultrasonography of the omohyoid muscle showed a narrow band of hypoechoic muscle bundle. The ultrasonographic manifestation of omohyoid muscle syndrome showed a thickening of the omohyoid muscle on the affected side. The omohyoid muscle on the affected side bulged forward during swallowing and lifted the overlying sternocleidomastoid muscle. The difference between the thickness of the omohyoid muscle intermediate tendon on the affected side and the healthy side at rest was statistically significant (t = 58.23, P < 0.001). The difference between the thickness of the affected omohyoid muscle intermediate tendon at rest and during swallowing was statistically significant (t = 14.57, P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the thickness of the omohyoid muscle intermediate tendon on the healthy side at rest and during swallowing (t = 0.56, P > 0.05).
Conclusion
High-frequency ultrasound is the preferred imaging method in the diagnosis of omohyoid muscle syndrome.
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The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, Hengtao Qi, upon reasonable request.
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2022MH043), China.
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Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, ZR2022MH043, Hengtao Qi
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LC: helped conduct the literature review and manuscript preparation, data collection and analysis. LW: implemented the literature search, manuscript preparation and editing. TW: helped supervise the field activities and designed the study’s analytic strategy. YW: data collection and the patients follow-up. WC: data collection and the patients follow-up. HQ: designed the study and directed its implementation, guarantor of integrity of the entire study.
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Cui, L., Wang, L., Wang, T. et al. Diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound in omohyoid muscle syndrome. J Med Ultrasonics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-023-01407-7
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