The aneurysmal bone cyst is a type of pseudocysts of the jaw. It is a nonneoplastic lesion of the bone, characterized by replacement with fibro-osseous tissue containing blood-filled sinusoidal or cavernous spaces. The lesion remains a relatively uncommon finding in the facial bones, and the cause and pathogenesis are yet to be elucidated. Aneurysmal bone cyst was first described as a distinct ...

Two cases of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome were reported with a review of pertinent literature. The first case was a 59-year-old man, whose autopsy was warranted. Signs and symptoms manifested in this case were basal cell carcinoma, generalized multiple nevi, multiple cysts in the jaws and long bones, pits in the palm and sole, frontal and occipital bossing, ossification of the falx cere...

Basal cell nevus syndrome (BCNS, OMIM 109400) is a familial cancer characterized by the development of numerous basal cancers and various other developmental abnormalities, including epidermal cysts skin, calcified dural folds, keratocysts jaw, palmar plantar pits, ovarian fibromas, medulloblastomas, lymphomesenteric cysts, fetal rhabdomyomas. BCNS shows autosomal dominant inheritance caused mu...

PURPOSE To compare two methods of creating three-dimensional representations of mandibular cysts and tumors on the basis of computed tomography (CT) and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data. METHODS A total of 71 patients with acquired jaw cysts took part in this retrospective clinical study. CT and CBCT scans were obtained from all patients and saved in the Digital Imaging and Communica...

Odontogenic keratocyst is one of the most aggressive odontogenic cysts with a high recurrence rate, this was explained histopathologically as it typically shows a thin, friable wall, which is often difficult to enucleate from the bone in one piece, and have small satellite cysts within the fibrous wall. Multiple surgical approaches were introduced including decompression, marsupilization, enucl...

Although odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs) are benign, they are often locally destructive and tend to recur after conservative surgical treatment. They must therefore be distinguished from other cysts of the jaw. Keratocysts possess outpouchings and microscopic daughter cysts from which recurrences may arise. Histologic examination is essential for diagnosis since the appearances on roentgenograms...

Background: Ameloblastoma is the most common benign epithelial odontogenic tumor with malignant potential and usually located in jaw. It constitutes about 1-3% of all tumors cysts jaws. This entity has a very high recurrence rate over 50% even after wide excision. Preoperative diagnosis ameloblastoma can be made by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) which used as guide for surgical planning. ...

The authors analyze the design of a method for automatized evaluation of parameters in orthopantomographic images capturing pathological tissues developed in human jaw bones. The main problem affecting the applied medical diagnostic procedures consists in low repeatability of the performed evaluation. This condition is caused by two aspects, namely subjective approach of the involved medical sp...