Gas in the temporomandibular joint: computed tomography findings - Report of 3 cases

Authors
Hayashi, T Ito, J Koyama, J
Citation
T. Hayashi et al., Gas in the temporomandibular joint: computed tomography findings - Report of 3 cases, ORAL SURG O, 86(6), 1998, pp. 751-754
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS
ISSN journal
10792104 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
751 - 754
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(199812)86:6<751:GITTJC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In each of 3 patients referred for computed tomographic examinations of the temporomandibular joint, a gas collection was observed in the inferior spa ce of the joint. The gas was-observed on the posterosuperior surface of the mandibular condyle in the open mouth position in each patient. Each of 2 p atients had saucer-shaped bone resorption of the mandibular condyle adjacen t to the gas; 1 patient had no remarkable bone abnormality. A history of te mporomandibular joint puncture or facial trauma was denied by all 3 patient s.