Osseous temporomandibular joint abnormalities in rheumatic disease. Computed tomography versus hypocycloidal tomography.
Computed tomography (CT) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) was compared with hypocycloidal tomography in 30 joints of 15 adults with rheumatic disease. CT included 1.5 mm thick axial scans (at 1.0 mm intervals) with reformatted oblique sagittal and oblique coronal sections. Multisection (at 2.0 mm intervals) tomography included oblique sagittal and occasionally, oblique coronal sections. CT demonstrated bone abnormalities in 21 and tomography in 20 joints, indicating high agreement between the imaging modalities regarding number of abnormal TMJs. Bone structures were, however, better visualized by multiplanar CT due to superior contrast and spatial resolution particularly in the most lateral and medial parts of the joint, indicating superiority of CT for depicting subtle bony TMJ abnormalities in patients with rheumatic disease.
Department of Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed