Temporomandibular Joint Disorder from Skull Base Osteomyelitis: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
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: 484-487, 2012.
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en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-785176
ABSTRACT
Skull base osteomyelitis is a very rare disease that affects the bone marrow of the temporal bone, sphenoid bone, occipital bone. It occurs typically chronic ear canal infections by malignant otitis externa, but some of atypical osteomyelitis have been reported. It most commonly presents old diabetic patients, and have high morbidity and mortality rate if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. However with respect to pain or dysfunction, it appeared similar to the initial symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder. So frequently, definitive diagnosis is tend to delayed. We have clinical experience that a patient who presented with symptom similar to temporomandibular disorder, and differential diagnosised by skull base osteomyelitis. We will report this case with literature review.
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Asunto principal:
Osteomielitis
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Otitis Externa
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Cráneo
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Hueso Esfenoides
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Hueso Temporal
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Articulación Temporomandibular
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Médula Ósea
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Trastornos de la Articulación Temporomandibular
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Base del Cráneo
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Enfermedades Raras
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Año:
2012
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Artículo
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