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Temporomandibular joint disc calcification: case report and literature review
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2018, 26(1): 48-51
Published: 20 January 2018
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Objective

To analysis the clinical and image features of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc calcification.

Methods

The patients diagnosed with TMJ disc calcification treated in School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University in the latest 10 years were collected, clinical symptom and images of these cases were analyzed, and the published literatures of TMJ disc calcification were reviewed.

Results

Total 2 cases of TMJ disc calcification with complete clinical data were analyzed. The symptom included mouth opening limitation, TMJ pain, open bite of the affected side molar. Calcified body were found through X-ray examination. Joint disc perforation were found during the surgery. The discs showed calcified features. Collagen hyperplasia, cartilage cells generation and calcification were found in the disc through pathological examination.

Conclusion

The diagnosis of TMJ disc calcification should be combined the symptom, image features and the surgery, it should be differentiated with TMJ osteoma and synovial membrane chondromasis.

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