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Diagnostic accuracy of synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint on magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint: a case report with an associated systematic review update of the literature.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Pooled it
- A rare case report of tenosynovial chondromatosis of the semimembranosus-medial collateral ligament bursa.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Secondary Chondrosarcoma Arising in Synovial Chondromatosis of Wrist Joint.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- [Clinical analysis of arthroscopy used in the diagnosis and treatment of synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2021Article
- Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint with 400 loose bodies: a case report and literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Review
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- Imaging features of cartilaginous tumors of the head and neck.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2021Review
- Surgical treatment of a rare bilateral synovial chondromatosis.Autopsy & case reports · 2020Article
- Intra-articular calcifications of the temporomandibular joint and associations with degenerative bone alterations.Imaging science in dentistry · 2020Article
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- Temporomandibular joint synovial chondromatosis: An analysis of 7 cases and literature review.Science progressReview
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for synovial chondromatosis (SC) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). In this study, 1415 patients (2109 joints) with temporomandibular joint disorders were collected between January 2012 and January 2017. All patients had a preoperative MRI examination and were treated by either arthroscopy or open surgery. On reviewing all MRI images, the number of "positive", "suspicious", and "negative" cases was collected afterwards, then the number of reported SC cases in operative data was recorded. The SPSS software was used to process all collected data. The kappa coefficient and ROC curve (AUC-index) with sensitivity and specificity were calculated to evaluate the consistency between MRI and arthroscopy/open surgery. Compared to 156 joints with SC detected by arthroscopy and open surgery, the results of MRI examination showed "positive" in 117 joints, and "negative" in 1938 joints. The number of "true positive", and "true negative" cases was 95, and 1897 respectively. The AUC-index was 0.86 (0.82-0.90) with a kappa coefficient of 0.74 (P < 0.05). In conclusion, the incidence of synovial chondromatosis diagnosed on MRI was in accordance with the arthroscopic and open surgery. Therefore, being a relatively non-invasive tool, MRI could be recommended as an effective diagnostic modality for SC.
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