Highlights on the imaging of odontogenic cysts and tumors
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Radiology - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Imaging of lesions of the mandible and maxilla is difficult due to the similarity in the radiographic appearance of different pathological processes. These lesions may be either of odontogenic origin or from the bone. The reaction of the cortical and cancellous bone to pathologic process will be either an osteolytic or an osteoblastic response; so, most of the lesions of the jaws are categorized into cystic or lytic appearing, sclerotic, or a mixture of the two. The jaw cysts are classified into odontogenic cysts which are related to teeth, non-odontogenic, and others which are not true cysts but are considered within this category because they have cyst-like radiographic characters. Odontogenic tumors represent 9% of the oral cavity tumors. This review article will study the imaging characteristic features of the most common odontogenic cysts and tumors to help establishing the keys to the differential diagnosis.
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Fahd Nasser Al Qahtani
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