Atypical case of a frontal lobe meningioma masquerading as temporomandibular joint pain

AbstractThe management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease is at present not fully understood and there are many associated controversies. This is complicated by other possibilities of pain in that region such as trigeminal neuralgia, giant cell arteritis and meningiomas. In this case report, we describe a 69 year old female patient who presented with an extra ‐axial meningioma masquerading as a TMJ disorder and was mistakenly treated as such until further investigations were conducted. This case illustrates the importance for clinicians to take a thorough history and to consider possible intracranial and extracranial lesions during treatment of TMJ lik e pain. If signs and symptoms extend beyond typical features of one’s diagnosis, it is prudent to reconsider diagnosis if conventional treatments have failed to alleviate the problem.
Source: Oral Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: LETTER TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research