Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Temporomandibular Joint: A Case Report

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  • 側頭骨に発生した色素性絨毛結節性滑膜炎例
  • 臨床 側頭骨に発生した色素性絨毛結節性滑膜炎例
  • リンショウ ソクトウコツ ニ ハッセイ シタ シキソセイジュウモウ ケッセツセイカツマクエンレイ

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Abstract

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is benign, usually involving the knee, foot, etc.<br> We report a very rare case involving the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).<br> A 43-year-old man, who was admitted for left-ear fullness was found in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to have a mass expanding from the TMJ to the skull base.<br> Removal of the lesion and the skull base defect was reconstructed under general anesthesis.<br> The man remains disease free 32 months after the operation.<br>

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