title: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: differential diagnosis and case report.
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is rare. We present a patient in whom the lesion had invaded the infratemporal fossa and destroyed the mandibular condyle.
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery, Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Function, Division of Maxillofacial and Neck Reconstruction, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan. s-aoyama.mfs@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amagasa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*