Bilateral TMJ Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis
| Autor: | Pritesh B. Ruparelia, Deep S. Shah, Kosha Ruparelia, Shreyansh P. Sutaria, Deep Pathak |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Dentistry, Vol 2014 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6447 2090-6455 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/262430 |
| 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. |
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