The double-headed mandibular condyle.
The double-headed condylar process is rare. Radiographs of four patients with this type of anomaly and one skeletal specimen are described in this article. Histologic studies in rodents suggest a possible mode of pathogenesis: maldirected muscular pull may lead to the development of an extra mandibular capitulum.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography