Mandibular condyle

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mandible /maxilla

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• A mandibular condyle is the knobbed ending of the lower jaw; it joins the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull on both sides of the head at the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ.
• 32 In this case, a patient with an osteochondroma arising in the left mandibular condyle is discussed.
• The distance between the articular capsule and the lateral surface of the mandibular condyle is 4 mm.
• INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of fractures of the mandibular condyle is performed by clinical and radiographic examinations.
• 1,4,7,8,11,12,19,20 In this report, a patient with an osteoma arising in the right mandibular condyle is described and a review of the clinical and pathologic features of the previously reported cases of osteoma occurring in the condylar process is presented.

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