A Case of Chondrosarcoma Arising in the Temporomandibular Joint

Table 1

Summary of data obtained from the TMJ chondrosarcoma cases reported in the literature and our case.

	Gender	Age	Duration	Symptoms					Appearance at presentation	Treatment	Follow-up
		(years)	(months)	Swelling	Pain	Occlusion	Trismus	Other			(months)
Gingrass; (1954) [4]	F	46	12	+	+		+		Slight TMJ space, widening, and subcortical sclerosis	S	—
Lanier et al.; (1971) [5]	F	48	24	+	+		+		Condyle resorption	S	—
Richter et al.; (1974) [6]	F	75	10	+	+		−	Hearing loss	TMJ space widening, erosion of glenoid fossa, and increased length of condylar neck	S	12
Tullio and D’Errico; (1974) [7]	F	17	8	+	−				Condyle resorption	S	—
Nortjé et al.; (1976) [8]	M	40	6	+	+		+		TMJ space widening, condyle elongated and distorted	S	24
Cadenat et al.; (1979) [9]	F	60	0	+	+				—	S	6
Morris et al.; (1987) [10]	F	29	24	+	−		−	Headache	Mass from condyle to infratemporal fossa, cranial fossa eroded	S + RT	6
Wasenko and Rosenbloom; (1990) [11]	F	49	0	+	+		−	Hearing loss	Mass from condyle to infratemporal fossa with calcification	S	—
Nitzan et al.; (1993) [12]	F	36	72	+	+		+		TMJ space radiolucent lesion, resorption of condyle	S	84
Sesenna et al.; (1997) [13]	F	60	12	+	−		+		Mass from condyle to infratemporal fossa with calcification	S	60
Batra et al.; (1999) [14]	M	65	18	+	−		−	Hearing loss	Mass anterior to ear canal encasing the mandibular condyle	S	7
Mostafapour and Futran; (2000) [15]	F	31	96	+	−				Left pterygoid mass with involvement of TMJ	S	—
Mostafapour and Futran; (2000) [15]	F	52	18	+	−				Mass on right TMJ, involvement of petrous temporal bone and middle fossa	S + RT	6
Yun et al. (2008) [19]	F	29	120	−	−	Laterodeviation	+		Mass centered on TMJ with dondylar resorption	S + RT	—
Gallego et al.; (2009) [16]	M	54	3	+	+		+		Mass from condyle to infratemporal fossa	S	16
Garzino-Demo et al.; (2010) [17]	F	65	3	+	+				Mass centered on TMJ with condylar resorption and calcification	S + RT	9
González-Pérez et al.; (2011) [18]	M	57	12	+	+	Open bite, cross bite	−		Erosion of condyle wihtbone destruction	S	24
Our case (2014)	M	28	120	+	−		+		Resorption of condyle and cranial fossa eroded	S	120

S: surgery; RT: radiotherapy; TMJ: temporomandibular joint.