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Differences in temporomandibular joint pain and age distribution between marrow edema and osteonecrosis in the mandibular condyle.

Department of Radiology, Showa University School of Dentistry 2-1-1, Kitasenzoku, Ohta-ku, 145 Tokyo, Japan.
Cranio: the journal of craniomandibular practice (impact factor: 0.66). 10/2004; 22(4):283-8. pp.283-8
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ABSTRACT This study investigated the differences of age distribution and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain between marrow edema and osteonecrosis in the mandibular condyle. Subjects consisted of 35 TMJs in 35 patients with abnormal bone marrow on MR images who were selected from a consecutive series of 527 patients with TMJ disorders. Proton density and T2-weighted MR images taken in the oblique sagittal and coronal planes were used to diagnose condylar marrow abnormalities and divide them into either edema or osteonecrosis. The differences in TMJ pain and age distribution for these two abnormalities were assessed with the one-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test with 0.05 alpha level. The degree of pain was higher in joints with marrow edema than in joints with osteonecrosis (p = 0.033). The mean age was higher in joints with osteonecrosis (p < 0.001). Our results suggest that there is more severe pain in TMJs with marrow edema of the mandibular condyle than in those with osteonecrosis. Since the patients with marrow edema have lower age, it also appears that marrow edema may be a precursor condition for osteonecrosis of the TMJ.

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    Article: Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of mandibular condyle bone marrow and temporomandibular joint disc signal intensity in anaemia patients.
    K Orhan, C Delilbasi, Cs Paksoy
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    ABSTRACT: To compare the signal intensity (SI) of mandibular condyle bone marrow (MCBM) and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc in patients with chronic anaemia and healthy subjects, and to investigate the relationships between bone marrow changes, age, types of anaemia and severity of anaemia. MRIs of 18 patients with chronic anaemia were compared with those of 12 healthy subjects. The SI of MCBM and the TMJ disc were quantitatively evaluated. The SI of the grey matter (GM), white matter (WM) and the lateral pterygoid muscle were also investigated. Relationships between age, MCBM and TMJ disc signal-intensities and anaemia severity, and correlations between the groups, were analysed. The mean MCBM SI was lower in anaemia patients (including both subgroups and also separately) than in healthy subjects (P < 0.05). No statistical significance was found for GM, WM and the muscle SI between the anaemia patients and healthy patient group (P > 0.05). No statistical significance was found between the groups with respect to the anterior band, whereas the mean SI value of the posterior band in the study group was significantly lower than in healthy subjects (P < 0.05). There were no correlations between age and MCBM SI, or between anaemia severity and MCBM SI. Anaemia may cause bone marrow alterations without any internal derangement. Patients with chronic anaemia exhibit lower mandibular condyle bone marrow and posterior band SI than healthy subjects.
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Keywords

35 patients
 
abnormal bone marrow
 
age distribution
 
consecutive series
 
coronal planes
 
diagnose condylar marrow abnormalities
 
divide
 
edema
 
joints
 
marrow edema
 
mean age
 
MR images
 
oblique sagittal
 
one-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test
 
osteonecrosis
 
precursor condition
 
Proton density
 
T2-weighted MR images
 
temporomandibular joint
 
two abnormalities
 

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