treacher collin’s syndrome with temporomandibular joint ankylosis-a variant- surgical correction by gap arthroplasty- a case report with the review of literature

Dr.A. SIVAKUMAR,

Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Medical Science

ISSN: xxxx-xxx          Impact Factor:xx         Volume:1         Issue:1         Year: 20 March,2015         Pages:15-23

International Journal of Advanced Research in Medical Science

Abstract

Temporomandibular joint ankylosis is a bony or an intracapsular fibrous fusion of the mandibular condyle and the glenoid fossa complex. The patient experiences severe cosmetic deformity along with restricted mouth opening, difficulty in swallowing. The facial deformity due to severe ankylosis makes a psychosocial problem to the patient. The prompt treatment to relieve the ankylosis is a challenging task to the surgeon. We report a case of 24 year old female came to the ENT out patient department with the complaints of inability to open the mouth, noisy breathing-chronic stridor and facial deformity since birth. On examination patient is having trismus, hypoplastic mandible, protruded upper jaw, malocclusion of tooth in both jaws and diagnosed as traecher Collin syndrome (variant) with ankylosis of temporomandibular joint. We performed GAP arthroplasty with external fixator. On follow up the patient after 6 months, patient was relieved of noisy breathing, trismus.

Kewords

Gap arthroplasty, Temporomandibular joint ankylosis, Trismus, Stridor

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