Case report: A 39 year old female patient with RA with a severe mouth opening limitation 4 mm that had caused her malnutrition. The patient was receiving treatment at the Rheumatology and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic where surgical procedure was performed carried out bilateral TMJ arthoplasty and left side coronoidectomy, after the surgery the patient was able to open the mouth 31 mm; in a control appointment 18 months after the surgery there were no signs of recurrence.
Se presenta el caso de paciente femenino de 39 años de edad, con AR y limitación de la apertura bucal de 4 mm, que le ocasionó un estado de desnutrición, bajo tratamiento por los Servicios de Reumatología y Cirugía Maxilofacial se realizó procedimiento quirúrgico de artroplastia bilateral y coronoidectomía unilateral izquierda, obteniendo la paciente una apertura bucal de 31 mm postoperatorios; teniendo un control a 18 meses con la misma apertura bucal sin presentar recidiva.