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Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 18(03): 316-318
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1363464
Case Report
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Gout of the Temporomandibular Joint: Report of a Case

Isaac Nilton Fernandes Oliveira
1   Student, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Renata Caroline Ferreira Gomes
1   Student, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Raiane Rodrigues dos Santos
1   Student, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Thiago de Paula Oliveira
1   Student, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Larissa Loiuse Cândida Pereira
1   Student, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Pietro Mainenti
2   Professor, PhD, Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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03 September 2013

25 September 2013

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07 January 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Introduction Gout is an illness characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in the joints or in soft tissues. The clinical manifestation results from inflammation of limb joints and pain with a rare presentation in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Case Report This study describes a 66-year-old white man with a chief complaint of “occasional pain in the left temporal muscle region.” The case disclosed a gout manifestation in the TMJ after physical, radiographic, and ultrasonographic exams, and the patient was referred to proper treatment.

Conclusion Gout manifestation in the TMJ is an unusual presentation, and few reports in the English literature address to the subject. Gout in the TMJ should be included as a differential diagnosis for joint disorders.

Keywords

gout - temporomandibular joint - joint diseases
 

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