title: Radiologic considerations in evaluation of radiolucent lesions of the mandible.
abstract: Careful attention to technique is of utmost importance in instances in which clinical evidence indicates that the osteolytic or osteogenic margins of a lesion may extend beyond those visible on a conventional radiograph. Procedures such as radionuclide scans should be used to establish the appropriate boundaries for surgical resection in such instances. Although early surgical intervention will usually lead to a definitive histopathologic diagnosis, there is some risk that manipulation will either compromise the validity of later radiological procedure or extend the disease by local dissemination or blood-borne metastases. Appropriate radiologic evaluation of lytic lesions of the mandible can provide a maximum amount of information so that surgical resection of the lesion will be complete, and the possibility of recurrence will be reduced.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging