An unusual case of condylar dislocation.
A 28-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle accident sustained bilateral mandibular condyle dislocation into the infratemporal fossae. Conventional manipulations were unsuccessful in relocating the condyles. By simulating the dislocations on a dried skull, it was evident that the coronoid processes were trapped anteriorly and superiorly to zygomatic arches. An open surgical approach was required to relocate the condyles.
DeVita
C L
CL
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
Friedman
J M
JM
Meyer
S
S
Breiman
A
A
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography