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A case of pigmented villonodular synovitis, with few clinical symptoms, arising from the temporomandibular joint

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Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a relatively rare disease that usually affects the knee, hip, hand, wrist, foot, ankle, or shoulder joints. Pigmented villonodular synovitis arising from the temporomandibular joint is extremely rare. The common clinical symptoms of pigmented villonodular synovitis are swelling and pain of the joint region. When patients perceive their symptoms and present at a hospital, the lesion has often developed and extensively destroyed its adjacent tissue. In this article, we report a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis, with few clinical symptoms, arising from the temporomandibular joint.

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  1. Department of Temporomandibular Disorder, Center for Advanced Oral Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, West 7 North 13, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan

    Kazuki Okada, Taihiko Yamaguchi & Kazuyuki Minowa

  2. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Pathobiological Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, West 7 North 13, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan

    Yasunori Totsuka

  3. Oral Pathology and Biology, Department of Oral Pathobiological Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, West 7 North 13, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan

    Masanobu Shindoh

  4. Geriatric Stomatology, Department of Oral Pathobiological Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, West 7 North 13, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan

    Nobuo Inoue

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Okada, K., Yamaguchi, T., Minowa, K. et al. A case of pigmented villonodular synovitis, with few clinical symptoms, arising from the temporomandibular joint. Oral Radiol 29, 74–79 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-012-0103-3

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