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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency and amount of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) fluid, as well as the frequency and type of condyle marrow alterations in asymptomatic volunteers and compare to patients with TMJ pain and dysfunction. Proton-density and T2 weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images of the TMJs of 62 asymptomatic volunteers and 58 symptomatic patients were analysed for fluid and condyle marrow alterations as well as disk position. The amount of fluid (increased T2 signal) was characterized as none, minimal, moderate or marked and related to the disk position. The differentiation between moderate and marked fluid was based on the maximum amount of fluid seen in the volunteers; more than this amount was categorized as marked fluid. The marrow of the mandibular condyle was categorized as normal, edema (increased T2 signal) or sclerosis (decreased proton-density and T2 signal) and related to fluid and disk position. In the 62 asymptomatic volunteers, 50 (81%) had none or minimal and 12 (19%) had moderate TMJ fluid. In the 58 symptomatic patients, 40 (69%) had none or minimal and 18 (31%) had moderate or marked fluid. Both in volunteers and patients, moderate fluid could be seen in joints with normal disk position, but was significantly associated with disk displacement. In the 62 volunteers, no signal abnormalities in the condyle marrow were found. In the 58 patients, six (10%) had abnormal bone marrow. These six patients had disk displacement and two had moderate or marked fluid. Marked fluid and condyle marrow abnormalities were therefore not encountered in any of the asymptomatic volunteers but in about 10% of the patients.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0901-5027
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Bone Marrow Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Dislocations, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Edema, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Facial Pain, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Mandibular Condyle, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Mandibular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Osteosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Synovial Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Temporomandibular Joint, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Temporomandibular Joint Disc, pubmed-meshheading:11405445-Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
MR evidence of temporomandibular joint fluid and condyle marrow alterations: occurrence in asymptomatic volunteers and symptomatic patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway. larheim@odont.uio.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't