Unilateral Bone Cavities Situated Near the Angle of the Mandibula

MİLOĞLU Ö., ŞEKERCİ A. E., YAŞA Y., DAĞİSTAN S.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.26, sa.1, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0000000000001262
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Stafne bone defects (SBDs) are asymptomatic radiolucent lingual/buccal bone lesions of the lower jaw and are frequently caused by soft tissue inclusion. These defects have a cystlike appearance on plain radiographs. The diagnosis of this defect is incidental because patients do not usually present clinical symptoms. The common variant of SBD exists at the third molar region of the mandible below the inferior alveolar canal. To date, only 1 case of multilocular SBD has been reported in the literature, including both clinical cases and archaeological specimens. The purpose of the current study was to describe a new case of multilocular appearance of SBD near the angle of the mandibula that was diagnosed with the aid of a three-dimensional cone beam computed tomographic scan.