Extensive pneumatization of the temporal bone and articular eminence: an incidental finding in a patient with facial pain. Case report and review of literature.
A 53-year-old Caucasian female presented to the Oral Medicine Department at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for consultation regarding facial pain. A panoramic radiograph revealed multilocular radiolucencies in the right articular eminence. A CT scan was then performed, and the radiolucencies were determined to be pneumatization of the articular eminence.
Department of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Eric T
ET
Stoopler
Andres
A
Pinto
David C
DC
Stanton
Muralidhar
M
Mupparapu
Thomas P
TP
Sollecito
D000388:Air; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008406:Masseter Muscle; D008875:Middle Aged; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed