Temporalis haemangioma presenting as temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome.
Pathology within the infratemporal and temporal fossa is notoriously difficult to diagnose. A rare case of a haemangioma within the temporalis muscle, originally diagnosed as temporomandibular joint dysfunction, illustrates the difficulty of recognising disease within this region when clinical signs are minimal.
Hughes
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Hutchison
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000473:pathology*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*