Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint: a case report.
Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a rare disease. The most common symptoms of this disease are acute malocclusion, limited mouth opening, swelling, and tenderness of affected TMJ. These symptoms are often confused with internal derangement of the articular disc, rheumatoid arthritis, retrodiscitis, or osteoarthritis. Therefore, differential diagnosis by image examination is required. Usually, antimicrobial treatment and surgical drainage by needle aspiration, arthroscopy, or arthrotomy are effective treatment approaches. In this study, a patient who was diagnosed with septic arthritis was treated with arthrocentesis and antibiotics without significant complications. We present a case report with a review of the literature.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
Sung-Won
0000-0002-7265-800X
SW
Yang
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
Jin-Yong
0000-0001-7945-3923
JY
Cho
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
Hyeon-Min
0000-0002-5963-6543
HM
Kim
Infectious arthritis; Temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis; Temporomandibular joint aspiration