Enfermedad de Jacob asociada con el síndrome de disfunción de la articulación temporomandibularpresentación de un caso
- Capote Moreno, Ana Laura
- Rodríguez Campo, Francisco José
- Blasco Martínez, Ana
- Muñoz Guerra, Mario F.
ISSN: 1137-2834
Año de publicación: 2005
Volumen: 10
Número: 3
Páginas: 210-214
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Medicina oral
Resumen
Jacob´s disease is regarded a rare condition in which a joint formation is established between an enlarged mandibular coronoid process and the inner aspect of the zygomatic body. Chronic temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disk displacement has been proposed as etiological factor of coronoid process enlargement. We present a 23-year-old woman with long-standing TMJ dysfunction and restricted interincisal opening, who developed a progressive zygomatic assymetry. The patient underwent treatment by intraoral coronoidectomy and homolateral TMJ arthroscopy in the same surgery. The histopathological diagnosis of the coronoid sample was cartilage-capped exostoses with presence of articular fibrous cartilage. Although the low prevalence of this entity, it should be considered as a possible diagnosis in patients with progressive limitation of mouth opening, although a TMJ syndrome may be present as a cause of this entity.