Erosive temporomandibular joint disease as a feature of the spondyloarthropathy of ulcerative colitis.
A patient with ankylosing spondylitis associated with ulcerative colitis developed bilateral temporomandibular joint pain and severe restriction of jaw motion. Conventional radiographs did not show structural abnormality of the temporomandibular joints, but corrected axis tomography revealed erosions in both mandibular condyles with extensive reactive sclerosis in the subchondral bone. These findings suggest that the temporomandibular joint disease in this case was a feature of the patient's spondylitis rather than a manifestation of the peripheral joint arthritis which commonly occurs in patients with ulcerative colitis.
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012598:Sclerosis; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray