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Dysphagia and micrognathia in a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

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This report describes the case of a 35-year-old man with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The patient experienced swallowing difficulties that were initially thought to be a result of the disease affecting the cervical spine. A maxillofacial examination, however, showed a total loss of the mandibular condyles, short rami and bodies, and a retrusion of the jaw. This was considered to be the main cause of the dysphagia, and not a glossopharyngeal nerve compression. The surgical-orthodontic management of these difficult cases is discussed.

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  1. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Surgical Hospital, Finland

    C. Lindqvist, S. Santavirta, J. Sandelin & Y. Konttinen

  2. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

    C. Lindqvist, S. Santavirta, J. Sandelin & Y. Konttinen

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Lindqvist, C., Santavirta, S., Sandelin, J. et al. Dysphagia and micrognathia in a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 5, 410–415 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02054262

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