BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess correlation between pain and degenerative bony changes on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of temporomandibular joints (TMJs). METHODS Two hundred eighty-three temporomandibular joints with degenerative bony changes were evaluated. Pain intensity (numeric rating scale, NRS) and pain duration in patients with degenerative joint disease ...

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition that causes abnormal bone growth at the sites of ligament insertion, mainly in spine. It unknown etiology and usually affects older males. often asymptomatic, but it can sometimes cause dysphagia if anterior cervical We report case 50-year-old male patient with DISH who presented chronic was diagnosed large osteophyte compressing es...

Septic arthritis can complicate many forms of arthritis. Two cases of apatite associated destructive arthropathy (AADA) complicated by sepsis are described. Diagnosis of this complication in the setting of severe joint damage is difficult as AADA and sepsis share certain characteristics--an initial, rapidly progressive, severely painful course and radiographs which show rapidly destructive chan...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by progressive fibrillation and erosion of the cartilage tissue, sclerosis of the subchondral bone, osteophyte production at the joint margins, moderate synovitis and fibrosis of the joint capsule [15, 18, 31]. OA affects more than 20% of dogs older than one year and a post-mortem study on 2000 dogs estimated cartilage damage was...

Osteophytes are pointed or beaked osseous outgrowths at the margins of articular surfaces that are often associated with degenerative changes of articular cartilage. They are the most common aspect of osteoarthritis and they infrequently cause symptoms by compression of the adjacent anatomic structures, such as nerves, vessels, bronchi, and esophagus. We present here a rare case of a patient wi...