Three cases of acute suppurative arthritis of the temporomandibular joint

Tetsuji KAWAKAMI; Etsuo SHOHARA; Masashi TSUZUKI; Ken-ichi TAKAYAMA; Masahito SUGIMURA

doi:10.5794/jjoms.40.296

Tetsuji KAWAKAMI, Etsuo SHOHARA, Masashi TSUZUKI, Ken-ichi TAKAYAMA, Masahito SUGIMURA

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Keywords: suppurative arthritis, temporomandibular joint, arthroscopy

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1994 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 296-298

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.40.296

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Abstract

In this paper, three cases of acute suppurative arthritis of the temporomandibular joint, occurring in a 65-year-old man (case 1), 40-year-old woman (case 2), and 67-year-old woman (case 3), are presented.
Clinical signs and symptoms were general malaise, pyrexia, trismus with localized swelling, tenderness, waviness over the left temporomandibular joint, and malocclusion with deviation of the mandible to the healthy side.

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