Case Report
Synovial Cysts of the Temporomandibular Joint: An Immunohistochemical Characterization and Literature Review
Table 2
Reported cases of synovial cyst of TMJ in the literature.
| Authors | Age (years) | Gender (F/M) | Location | Chief complaints | Treatment | IHC data | Recurrence |
| Janecka and Conley (1978) [6] | 50 | M | R | Swelling | Surgical | Not present | Not specified | Reychler et al. (1983) [7] | 30 | F | R | Swelling | Surgical | Not present | Not specified | Farole and Johnson (1991) [8] | 22 | M | Bilateral | Swelling, pain | Surgical | Not present | No | Bonacci et al. (1996) [9] | 46 | M | R | Swelling, pain | Arthroscopic | Not present | No | Chang et al. (1997) [10] | 38 | M | R | Swelling, pain episodes | Surgical | Not present | No | Chen et al. (1998) [11] | 58 | M | L | Swelling | Surgical | VT+, α-1-CHT+ | Not specified | Goudot et al. (1999) [12] | 65 | M | L | Reduction mouthopening | Surgical | Not present | Not specified | Lomeo et al. (2000) [13] | 47 | F | L | Swelling, pain | Surgical | Not present | No | Moatemri et al. (2007) [14] | 30 | M | L | Swelling, pain | Surgical | Not present | No | Spinzia et al. (2011) [15] | 45 | F | R | Swelling | Surgical | Calretinin+ | No | Okochi et al. (2012) [5] | 31 | M | Not specified | Swelling, pain | Not refer | Not present | No specified | Okochi et al. (2012) [5] | 20 | F | Not specified | Pain | Not refer | Not present | No specified |
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IHC: immunohistochemical; VT: vimentin; α-1-CHT: alpha-1-chymotrypsin.
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