TMJ metastasis: a unusual case report.
Boniello R, Gasparini G, D'Amato G, Di Petrillo A, Pelo S.
Department of Maxillo Facial Surgery, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy. dr.boniello@yahoo.it
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.
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PMID: 18533016 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]PMCID: PMC2427012