Extensive pneumatization of the temporal bone and articular eminence: an incidental finding in a patient with facial pain. Case report and review of literature

Eric T Stoopler; Andres Pinto; David C Stanton; Muralidhar Mupparapu; Thomas P Sollecito

Extensive pneumatization of the temporal bone and articular eminence: an incidental finding in a patient with facial pain. Case report and review of literature

Quintessence Int. 2003 Mar;34(3):211-4.

Authors

Eric T Stoopler¹, Andres Pinto, David C Stanton, Muralidhar Mupparapu, Thomas P Sollecito

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

PMID: 12731603

Abstract

A 53-year-old Caucasian female presented to the Oral Medicine Department at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for consultation regarding facial pain. A panoramic radiograph revealed multilocular radiolucencies in the right articular eminence. A CT scan was then performed, and the radiolucencies were determined to be pneumatization of the articular eminence.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Air
Facial Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Facial Pain / therapy
Female
Humans
Incidental Findings
Masseter Muscle
Middle Aged
Physical Therapy Modalities
Radiography, Panoramic
Temporal Bone / anatomy & histology
Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging*
Temporomandibular Joint / anatomy & histology
Temporomandibular Joint / diagnostic imaging*
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed