Bilateral TMJ Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis
| Autor: | Shreyansh P. Sutaria, Deep Pathak, Pritesh Ruparelia, Kosha Pritesh Ruparelia, Deep S. Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cartilage MEDLINE Case Report RK1-715 Signs and symptoms medicine.disease Dermatology Temporomandibular joint stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Dentistry Rheumatoid arthritis Slowly progressive disease medicine business General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Dentistry, Vol 2014 (2014) Case Reports in Dentistry |
| ISSN: | 2090-6455 2090-6447 |
| Popis: | Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory, slowly progressive disease that results in cartilage and bone destruction. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement is not uncommon in RA, and it is present in about more than 50% of patients; however, TMJ is usually among the last joints to be involved and is associated with many varied clinical signs and symptoms. Hence, RA of TMJ presents to the dentist with great diagnostic challenges. This report presents a case of RA with bilateral TMJ involvement with its classical radiographic findings and review literature. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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