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Tumours and pseudotumorous lesions of the temporomandibular joint: a diagnostic challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Fabienne Allias-Montmayeur ,
Régine Durroux ,
Laurent Dodart  and
Roger Combelles
Fabienne Allias-Montmayeur
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
Régine Durroux*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
Laurent Dodart
Affiliation:
Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Purpan, Toulouse, France.
Roger Combelles
Affiliation:
Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Purpan, Toulouse, France.
*
Address for correspondence: Régine Durroux, Laboratoire d'Anatomie et Cytologic Pathologiques, CHU Rangueil, 1 avenue Jean Poulhès, 31 054 Toulouse Cedex, France. Fax (33) 5 61 32 21 27.
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Abstract

Tumours and pseudotumorous lesions originating from the synovial membrane of the temporomandibular joint are rare. We report a series of six cases of such disorders. There were two cases of synovial chondromatosis, two of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease, one nodular synovitis and one synovial sarcoma. Three patients were female and three were male. Their ages ranged from 36 to 70 years. All had atypical clinical and radiographical presentation. The prevalence, clinical and radiographical findings and pathological features of each disease entity are discussed and a review of the literature is made concerning all tumours and pseudotumours arising from the temporomandibular joint.

Keywords

Temporomandibular jointSynovial membraneChondromatosis, synovialSynovitis, nodularSarcoma, synovialcalcium pyrophosphate

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Type
Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 8 , August 1997 , pp. 776 - 781
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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