Synovial Chondromatosis of the Temporomandibular Joint: Long-Term Postoperative Follow-Up of the Residual Calcification

Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint is a rare disease, and extra-articular synovial condromatosis of the temporomandibular joint is even rarer. A review of the English literature from 1980 to 2000 has revealed 51 cases of synovial chondromatosis affecting the temporomandibular joint. We report a case of extra-articular synovial condromatosis, for which we carried out a long-term follow-up of the postoperative course using diagnostic images