title: CT-guided percutaneous steroid injection for management of inflammatory arthropathy of the temporomandibular joint in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this study were to retrospectively review an injection technique, to develop a grading system for evaluation of imaging findings, and to report preliminary outcome related to percutaneous CT-guided steroid injection into the temporomandibular joints of children with inflammatory arthropathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT-guided steroid injection into the temporomandibular joint of children with inflammatory arthropathy results in clinical and imaging improvement in a substantial proportion of children treated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Baskin
authors.forename: Robin D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arabshahi
authors.forename: Randy Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Cron
authors.forename: Esi M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dewitt
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bilaniuk
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Towbin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D013256:Steroids