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Can sternocleidomastoid muscle tightness make mastoids process more prominent than on the other side? also have ear pressure and slight cheek numbnes
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I suppose: it is theoretically possible to get a so-called "tug lesion"(bone overgrowth at the tendon insertion) at the mastoid process due to long-standing, sustained abnormal muscle traction or dysfunction, but I have never seen it or heard of it in that location. Most likely there is another reason for what you are feeling.
Answered 11/28/2017
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