Temporomandibular joint involvement in ankylosing spondylitis. 2013

Pallak Arora, and Janardhan Amarnath, and Setru Veerabhadrappa Ravindra, and Mandeep Rallan
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalka Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Frequency of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has varied from 4% to 35%. It is more common in men and produces generalised stiffness in involved joints. Clinician should be suspicious of AS when a patient reports with painful restricted movements of joint, neck or back and with no trauma history. Conventional radiographic methods have allowed the demonstration of TMJ abnormalities in patients with AS, but CT is necessary to establish joint space relations and bony morphology. We describe a case of severe AS with TMJ involvement in a 40-year-old female patient and demonstrated TMJ changes on CT. A CT was able to demonstrate articular cartilage changes, disc- and joint abnormalities. Thus, if conventional radiographs in a symptomatic patient with rheumatic diseases are unable to demonstrate changes, CT can provide valuable additional information of the changes in the TMJ.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013167 Spondylitis, Ankylosing A chronic inflammatory condition affecting the axial joints, such as the SACROILIAC JOINT and other intervertebral or costovertebral joints. It occurs predominantly in young males and is characterized by pain and stiffness of joints (ANKYLOSIS) with inflammation at tendon insertions. Ankylosing Spondylitis,Bechterew Disease,Marie-Struempell Disease,Rheumatoid Spondylitis,Spondylarthritis Ankylopoietica,Ankylosing Spondylarthritis,Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis,Bechterew's Disease,Spondylitis Ankylopoietica,Spondyloarthritis Ankylopoietica,Ankylosing Spondylarthritides,Ankylosing Spondyloarthritides,Bechterews Disease,Marie Struempell Disease,Spondylarthritides, Ankylosing,Spondylarthritis, Ankylosing,Spondylitis, Rheumatoid,Spondyloarthritides, Ankylosing,Spondyloarthritis, Ankylosing
D013704 Temporomandibular Joint An articulation between the condyle of the mandible and the articular tubercle of the temporal bone. TMJ,Joint, Temporomandibular,Joints, Temporomandibular,Temporomandibular Joints
D013705 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders A variety of conditions affecting the anatomic and functional characteristics of the temporomandibular joint. Factors contributing to the complexity of temporomandibular diseases are its relation to dentition and mastication and the symptomatic effects in other areas which account for referred pain to the joint and the difficulties in applying traditional diagnostic procedures to temporomandibular joint pathology where tissue is rarely obtained and x-rays are often inadequate or nonspecific. Common diseases are developmental abnormalities, trauma, subluxation, luxation, arthritis, and neoplasia. (From Thoma's Oral Pathology, 6th ed, pp577-600) TMJ Disorders,TMJ Diseases,Temporomandibular Disorders,Temporomandibular Joint Diseases,Disease, TMJ,Disease, Temporomandibular Joint,Diseases, TMJ,Diseases, Temporomandibular Joint,Disorder, TMJ,Disorder, Temporomandibular,Disorder, Temporomandibular Joint,Disorders, TMJ,Disorders, Temporomandibular,Disorders, Temporomandibular Joint,Joint Disease, Temporomandibular,Joint Diseases, Temporomandibular,Joint Disorder, Temporomandibular,Joint Disorders, Temporomandibular,TMJ Disease,TMJ Disorder,Temporomandibular Disorder,Temporomandibular Joint Disease,Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

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