Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: Diagnostic imaging and endovascular therapeutic embolization of a rare head and necktumor

We report a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis involving the temporom andibular joint that presented as a rapidly growing tumor with extension th rough the skull base into the middle cranial fossa, The case is of interest not only because of the unusual extensive infiltration of this tumor but a lso because of the role modern diagnostic imaging and endovascular therapeu tic techniques played in its diagnosis and management.