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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2009

A 46-year-old patient complains of difficult opening of her mouth, body temperature rise, tissue edema around both temporomandibular joints (TMJ). It is known from the anamnesis that the patient had short-term non-intense bilateral pain in the parotid-masticatory region, limited mouth opening, tension and discomfort in the region of both temporomandibular joints that had been observed for a couple of days. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Fibrous ankylosis
  2. Deforming atrhrosis
  3. Arthrosis
  4. Rheumatic arthritis
  5. Infectional arthritis
Correct answer

Rheumatic arthritis

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