Case report

TMJ metastasis: A unusual case report

Roberto Boniello , Giulio Gasparini , Giuseppe D'Amato , Alessandro Di Petrillo and Sandro Pelo

Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy

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Head & Face Medicine 2008, 4:8doi:10.1186/1746-160X-4-8

Published:	4 June 2008

Abstract

The metastases to the TMJ from a primary lung tumour is a very rare occurrence.

This case is unusual in several aspects, as the non-reducible dislocation of the TMJ was the first clinical manifestation of the tumour. CT staging showed that this secondary tumour in the condyle was the only bone metastasis.