Radicular cysts are the most common cystic lesions of the jaw. Most of these lesions involve the apex of the offending tooth and appear as well-defined periapical radiolucencies. This case presents an unusually large multilocular radicular cyst crossing the midline and involving almost the entire body of the mandible. The clinical and radiographic appearance mimicked an aggressive cyst or benign tumor. The lesion was surgically excised, and the teeth were endodontically treated without any postoperative complications.
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Malays J Pathol
December 2024
Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The surgical ciliated cyst is a newly added entity under the cysts of the jaws in the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Head and Neck Tumours (2022). It is preceded by a prior surgery to the jaw many years before its diagnosis. A 53-year-old Chinese female, who had undergone cleft lip and palate repair followed by orthognathic surgery before the age of 20, was referred for management of an incidentally found cyst in the left maxilla.
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October 2024
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical technique to treat spasticity, mainly in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). In this report, a unique case of a late arachnoid cyst, causing radiating pain in the left leg, is presented. This is relevant to clinicians managing the long-term follow-up of patients who underwent selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR).
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Objective: To characterize the clinical, diagnostic imaging, and histologic features with description of treatment outcome of periapical cysts in dogs.
Animals: Ten client-owned dogs diagnosed with periapical cysts biopsied between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2020.
Procedures: Medical records of the Matthew J.
Eur J Dent
December 2024
College of Medicine, Research and Graduate Studies, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the expression levels of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in radicular cysts and periapical granulomas, thereby contributing to the understanding of their potential significance in the differential diagnosis and treatment of these lesions.
Materials And Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, 51 samples of periapical lesions were included. Of them, 24 samples were radicular cysts, and 27 samples were periapical granulomas.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol
November 2024
Selcuk University Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Konya, 42130, Turkiye.
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