Destruction of the glenoid joint fossa by a tenosynovial giant-cell tumourof the skull base: a case report

Citation
S. Stojadinovic et al., Destruction of the glenoid joint fossa by a tenosynovial giant-cell tumourof the skull base: a case report, INT J OR M, 28(2), 1999, pp. 132-134
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
ISSN journal
09015027 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
132 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0901-5027(199904)28:2<132:DOTGJF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 63-year-old man is presented in whom a tenosynovial giant-cell tumour had destroyed the temporomandibular joint fossa and expanded intracranially. T he lesion was not diagnosed for a period of at least two years. Treatment i ncluded wide resection including the surrounding bone, dura and condyle.