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

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...