Computed tomography in differential diagnosis of temporomandibular joint disorders

• Published in: International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 200 - 209
• Main Authors: de Bont, L.G.M., van der Kuijl, B., Stegenga, B., Vencken, L.M., Boering, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1993; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Ankylosis - diagnostic imaging; Ankylosis - etiology; Arthroplasty - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Chondrocalcinosis - diagnostic imaging; computed tomography; Dentistry; Diagnosis, Differential; Facial Pain - diagnosis; Facial Pain - therapy; Female; Humans; Hyperplasia - complications; Hyperplasia - diagnostic imaging; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Joint Deformities, Acquired - diagnostic imaging; Joint Deformities, Acquired - etiology; Joint Instability - diagnostic imaging; Male; Mandibular Condyle - injuries; Mandibular Condyle - pathology; Mandibular Fractures - complications; Mandibular Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Mandibular Neoplasms - complications; Mandibular Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Osteoarthritis - diagnostic imaging; Osteoarthritis - etiology; Osteoma - complications; Osteoma - diagnostic imaging; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology. Orbit; Parotid Neoplasms - complications; Parotid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Range of Motion, Articular; temporomandibular joint; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - etiology; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; computed tomography; temporomandibular joint; Case study; Human; Radiodiagnosis; Stomatology; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Classification; Arthropathy; Exploration; Computerized axial tomography; Temporomandibular joint dysfunction; Differential diagnostic; Maxillary disease
• ISSN: 0901-5027; 1399-0020
• DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(05)80636-8

Computed tomography (CT) has great potential for imaging intra- and extracapsular hard-tissue abnormality of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). CT is not the best method of imaging disk position and form. For differential diagnosis of TMJ disorders, CT is especially successful in bony lesions. The study includes 16 examples of TMJ hard-tissue abnormality. In the differential diagnosis of all cases, CT played a decisive role.