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

IHC: immunohistochemical; VT: vimentin; α-1-CHT: alpha-1-chymotrypsin.