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. 2023 Jul 28;12(15):4966.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12154966.

Jacob Disease, Osteochondroma of the Coronoid Process, Coronoid Process Hyperplasia or Langenbeck Disease: The Big Jumble. Comment on Raccampo et al. Jacob's Disease: Case Series, Extensive Literature Review and Classification Proposal. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 938

Léa Mattei  1 , Gwénaël Raoul  2 , Matthias Schlund  3 , Romain Nicot  2
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Jacob Disease, Osteochondroma of the Coronoid Process, Coronoid Process Hyperplasia or Langenbeck Disease: The Big Jumble. Comment on Raccampo et al. Jacob's Disease: Case Series, Extensive Literature Review and Classification Proposal. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 938

Léa Mattei et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

We read the article by Raccampo et al., about Jacob disease and their ambiguous definition of the condition [...].

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Figure 1
Three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography scan in a patient with Jacob disease. The white arrow shows the pseudojoint formation between the zygomatic bone and the elongated coronoid process of the mandible.
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