J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.  2013 May;35(3):189-194.

Treatment of Osteochondroma of the Mandibular Condyle with Inferior Adhesion of Meniscus: A Case Report

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  • 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry, Korea. sjnb2@hanmail.net

Abstract

Osteochondroma is a benign neoplasm, osseous projection surrounded with cartilage, 35.8% of benign osseous tumor, 8.5% of whole osseous tumor and usually arises from the skeletal bone. Osteochondroma is a cartilaginous derivation and relatively uncommon in the craniofacial bone. Osteochondroma of the mandible has slow growth rates which mainly affect women around forty years of age and it can appear through the coronoid process and mandibular condyle, especially in the medial half. Clinical finding associated with osteochondroma of condyle are primarily a palpable, painless temporomandibular area mass with facial asymmetry, malocclusion and midline deviations. Sometimes pain and dysfunction like trismus often accompany the anatomic derangement. Other features include malocclusion with open-bite on the affected side and cross-bite on the contralateral side. In this study, a 45-years old female patient exhibits pain on the left temporo-mandibular joint area and malocclusion due to loss of the molar region with osteochondroma on the top left of her mandibular condyle head. The patient is able to recover gradually from the symptom through treatments on manipulation, stabilization splint, arthroscopic lavage and surgical excision, thus, this is reported as a clinical case.

Keyword

Osteochondroma; Arthroscopic lavage; Surgical excision

MeSH Terms

Cartilage
Facial Asymmetry
Female
Head
Humans
Joints
Malocclusion
Mandible
Mandibular Condyle
Molar
Osteochondroma
Splints
Therapeutic Irrigation
Trismus
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