Pathologic fracture of the mandible associated with simultaneous occurrence of an odontogenic keratocyst and traumatic bone cyst

A case is presented which involved a pathologic fracture of the mandible associated with a large radiolucent lesion extending from the parasymphysis to the coronoid notch. The osseous defect was found to involve two separate lesions, identified histologically as a traumatic bone cyst in the anterior...

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Published inJournal of oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 69 - 71
Main Authors Matise, Joseph L., Beto, Louis M., Fantasia, John E., Fielding, Allen F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 1987
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Cysts - complications
Dentistry
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Fractures, Spontaneous - etiology
Humans
Male
Mandibular Diseases - complications
Mandibular Fractures - etiology
Medical sciences
Odontogenic Cysts - complications
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Human
Pathologic fracture
Odontogenic tumor
Stomatology
Cyst
Inferior maxillary
Complication
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Summary:A case is presented which involved a pathologic fracture of the mandible associated with a large radiolucent lesion extending from the parasymphysis to the coronoid notch. The osseous defect was found to involve two separate lesions, identified histologically as a traumatic bone cyst in the anterior portion and an odontogenic keratocyst in the posterior aspect. The clinical course and treatment are discussed.
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ISSN:0278-2391
1531-5053
DOI:10.1016/0278-2391(87)90090-5