title: [Cherubism. Apropos 3 cases].
abstract: Cherubism is a benign hereditary giant-cell lesion of the mandibular and maxillary spongiosa which appears during childhood between 2 and 5 years old and progresses until puberty when it spontaneously regresses. It appears under the form of a bilateral painless swelling. It normally requires no treatment. Three children of a same algerian family who suffered from this disease were brought into our ward. Radiographic examinations were realized among which scanner allowed the establishment of a good definition of the lesions. The 3 patients were finally operated, the surgical intervention having been effectively necessary.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, Paris.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romain
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Divaris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000462:Algeria / Q000208:ethnology; D002636:Cherubism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris
vernacular_title: Chérubisme. A propos de 3 cas.