title: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis and the temporomandibular joint: A comprehensive review.
abstract: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease of childhood and represents a series of chronic inflammatory arthritides of unknown cause. Involvement of the temporomandibular joint has been reported in up to 87% of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis when based on magnetic tomography imaging; it can be asymptomatic and may lead to severe long term complications. In this review a summary of the contemporary literature of imaging of the temporomandibular joint in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis will be provided, including ultrasound which is a valuable method for guided joint injections, but does not necessarily allow detection of acute inflammation, cone beam computed tomography, which has emerged as a feasible and accurate low-dose alternative as compared to conventional computed tomography to detect destructive change, and magnetic resonance imaging which is considered the method of choice for assessing acute, inflammatory change, although the lack of normative standards remains a challenge in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dr. Negrin Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Assar de la Fuente
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St Olav University Hospital, Norway.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Angenete
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jellestad
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Rheumatology Research Institute, Bad Bramstedt, Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tzaribachev
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University of Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koos
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; University of Bergen, Department of Clinical Medicine K1, Norway. Electronic address: Karen.rosendahl@helse-bergen.no.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosendahl
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Imaging; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; MRI; Review; Temporomandibular joint; Ultrasound