Temporomandibular joint disc calcification: case report and literature review

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Title: Temporomandibular joint disc calcification: case report and literature review
Authors: SONG Juan, LONG Xing, DENG Mohong
Source: 口腔疾病防治, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 48-51 (2018)
Publisher Information: Editorial Department of Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: Temporomandibular joint, Joint disc, Calcification, X⁃ray examination, Pathological examination, Medicine
More Details: Objective To analysis the clinical and image features of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc calcifica⁃ tion. Methods The patients diagnosed with TMJ disc calcification treated in School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wu⁃ han University in the latest 10 years were collected, clinical symptom and images of these cases were analyzed, and the published literatures of TMJ disc calcification were reviewed. Results Total 2 cases of TMJ disc calcification with com⁃ plete clinical data were analyzed. The symptom included mouth opening limitation, TMJ pain, open bite of the affected side molar. Calcified body were found through X ⁃ ray examination. Joint disc perforation were found during the surgery. The discs showed calcified features. Collagen hyperplasia, cartilage cells generation and calcification were found in the disc through pathological examination. Conclusion The diagnosis of TMJ disc calcification should be combined the symptom, image features and the surgery, it should be differentiated with TMJ osteoma and synovial membrane chondro⁃ masis.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: Chinese
ISSN: 2096-1456
Relation: http://www.kqjbfz.com/EN/10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2018.01.009; https://doaj.org/toc/2096-1456
DOI: 10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2018.01.009
DOI: 10.12016/j.issn.2096⁃1456.2018.01.009
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/7895f77eff15416d804b6b327dcb9266
Accession Number: edsdoj.7895f77eff15416d804b6b327dcb9266
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20961456
DOI:10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2018.01.009
Published in:口腔疾病防治
Language:Chinese