Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: Differential diagnosis and case report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-54

  Aoyama, S ^a   Iwaki, H ^a   Amagasa, T ^a   Kino, K ^a   Okada, N ^a   Kishimoto, S ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infratemporal; Mandibular; Villonodular synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

EID: 0346007937     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(03)00193-1     Document Type: Article

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