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Condylar resorption following temporomandibular joint arthroscopy in a patient with essential thrombocythemia.

Balasubramaniam R, Van Sickels J, Falace D

Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Pain Center, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0297, USA. mesh@uky.edu

Condylar resorption of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a poorly understood phenomenon that is the subject of much controversy. The following case report depicts a unique case of condylar resorption (CR) in a 49-year-old female patient with essential thrombocythemia who underwent arthrocentesis of the TMJ. The exact cause of the CR is unclear but it is speculated that it was likely due to hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications during surgery secondary to an elevated platelet count.

Published 24 April 2006 in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 101(5): 581-7.
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