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DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 8, Pages 703-707Publisher
BRITISH INST RADIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/24183821
Keywords
synovial chondromatosis; pseudogout; temporomandibular joint; calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
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This report describes a very rare case of synovial chondromatosis with deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals (pseudogout) in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) of a 46-year-old male patient. Synovial chondromatosis is a non-neoplastic disease characterized by metaplasia of the connective tissue leading to chondrogenesis in the synovial membrane. Pseudogout is an inflammatory disease of the joints caused by the deposition of CPPD, producing similar symptoms to those observed in gout but not hyperuricaemia. Both diseases commonly affect the knee, hip and elbow joints, but rarely affect the TMJ. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2012) 41, 703-707. doi: 10.1259/dmfr/24183821
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