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Radiology Quiz Case 1
Peter Walshe, FRCSI(Oto);
Helena Rowley, FRCSI(Orl);
Brian McGlone, FRCR(Irl);
John Griffin, FRCSI(Irl);
Conrad Timon, FRCS, FRCSI(Orl)
Dublin, Ireland
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:1394-1396.
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A 34-YEAR-OLD woman sought an otorhinolaryngological opinion about the
shape of her lower jaw. She had been aware for some years that her face had
subtly changed in shape but sought medical advice only after a friend remarked
on it. Her eyes and mouth were not dry. She was an anxious person and had
a history of bruxism.
Physical examination showed a woman with a square-shaped face due to
bilateral swelling at the angles of the mandible. The swellings, which were
fixed and nontender, showed lipping at the inferior border of the body of
the mandible and increased in size when the patient clenched her teeth. The
findings of intraoral examination were not helpful in making a diagnosis.
Coronal and axial magnetic resonance imaging scans of the area were
performed (Figure 1 and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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