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Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana
On-line version ISSN 1989-2055Print version ISSN 0376-7892
Abstract
MORETTI, E.A.; GOMEZ GARCIA, F.; PAESANI, D. and SIERRA, D.. Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2006, vol.32, n.2, pp.135-140. ISSN 1989-2055.
Synovial chondromatosis is a rare pathological condition which affects big joints, especially knees. This condition presents multiple cartilage nodes inside the joint space. These cartilage bodies are in close contact with the synovial and are free inside the fluid. The nodes could be stick at the synovial or at the articular disk, and produce increase of the articular size, pain, cracks, and compromise of the articular functions. The temporomandibular joint is affected exceptionally and only 50 cases are published in the medical literature until now. We present a synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint in a 73 years old, male patient. This is the first report in Iberolatinamerica.
Keywords : Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint.