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Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis: Imaging

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Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) is defined as progressive degenerative disorder leading to cartilage loss and reactive sclerosis and osteophyte formation. TMJ OA is often painful and impairs the joint mobility. Active TMJ OA in bone SPECT/CT is characterized by the combination of increased tracer uptake in the mandibular head and temporal fossa and morphologic degenerative changes. This chapter describes the findings in TMJ OA on anatomic and hybrid imaging.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ujwal Bhure

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

    Ujwal Bhure

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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    Klaus Strobel

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Strobel, K., Bhure, U. (2023). Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis: Imaging. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_28

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