Canalis sinuosus mimicking a periapical inflammatory lesion.
A case is presented in which an anatomical feature, canalis sinuosus, manifested as a periapical radiolucency on an upper canine. This may have been interpreted as an inflammatory lesion and led to the patient receiving inappropriate treatment had a further radiograph not been taken. The incisive foramen and mental foramen are well known anatomical features which may mimic periapical inflammatory lesions but it is less common for a neurovascular canal to manifest as a periapical radiolucency on an upper canine.
Shelley
A M
AM
Turner Dental School, University of Manchester.
Rushton
V E
VE
Horner
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography