title: Osteoid osteoma in mandibular condyle.
abstract: A 21-year-old Japanese woman presented with trismus and spontaneous pain (especially at night) around the left temporomandibular joint. Radiographic examination showed a subcortical sclerosed nodule measuring approximately 8 mm in diameter on the infero-lateral aspect of the left mandibular condyle. Amputation of the condyle was performed under general anesthesia. The patient has been in good condition 8 years postoperatively. The histopathology of the specimen consisted of actively proliferating osteoblasts mixed with an interlacing network of woven bone and osteoid trabeculae. Histopathological diagnosis was osteoid osteoma.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine Tsurumi University, Yokihana City, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tochihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*