Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: differential diagnosis and case report.
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.
Aoyama
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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
Iwaki
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H
Amagasa
T
T
Kino
K
K
Okada
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N
Kishimoto
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S
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*