Stafne Bone Cavity.

A 53-year-old male was referred to the department of maxillofacial surgery for the extraction of a destructed wisdom tooth. A preoperative orthopantomogram revealed a well delineated ovoid, radiolucent lesion at the left angle of the mandible. For further lesion characterization, a dental CT scan and MRI were performed.

Unilateral giant cell lesion of the jaw in Noonan syndrome.

Noonan syndrome (NS) is an etiologically heterogeneous disorder caused by mutations in the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway. Noonan-Like/Multiple Giant Cell Lesion (NL/MGCL) syndrome is initially described as the occurrence of multiple gnathic giant cell lesions in patients with phenotypic features of NS. Nowadays, NS/MGCL syndrome is considered a variant of the NS spectrum rather than a distinct entity.

Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the jaw mixed and radiopaque lesions.

Radiopaque lesions and lesions of mixed radioopacity are far less frequent than their radiolucent counterparts. Included in this spectrum are infectious and metastatic disease, inherited and developmental disorders and rare tumoral lesions. This article deals with the imaging features that may assist in the (differential) diagnosis of these lesions.

Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the jaw: radiolucent lesions.

Radiolucent lesions within the jaws represent a whole variety of lesions. Generally, they can be classified into two categories. The first category comprises well circumscribed lesions, either unilocular, multilobular or multilocular.