title: Sole radiographic expression of rheumatoid arthritis in the temporomandibular joints: a case report.
abstract: We present an unusual case of rheumatoid arthritis. The patient had no radiographic findings in any joints of the body expected to show symptoms of the disease, such as phalangophalangeal joints of the hands and metacarpophalangeal joints. Instead, the patient had radiographic findings in the temporomandibular joints, which are not commonly involved in the disease and its activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentoalveolar Surgery and Radiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. adelantoni@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Antigone
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delantoni
authors.forename: Effie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spyropoulou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chatzigiannis
authors.forename: Pinelopi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papademitriou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed