title: [A cystic lesion in the mandibular angle].
abstract: A 27-year-old male patient was referred by his dentist to a department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, because of a radiolucent lesion in the mandibular angle. There were no clinical signs or symptoms. The orthopantomogram showed a sharp, demarcated, oval (1.5 x 2.5 cm), unilocular radiolucency caudal of the mandibular canal. Additional radiographic evaluation (CT scan, sialogram) revealed an oval depression in the lingual cortex of the mandible filled with salivary gland tissue. The diagnosis Stafne defect was made. At radiographic follow-up after 1 year, no progression of the lesion was seen. Treatment is not needed.
authors.affiliation: Uit de afdeling Mondziekten, Kaakchirurgie en Bijzondere Tandheelkunde van het Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen. m.d.vos@kchir.azg.nl
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schortinghuis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vissink
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Een cysteuze afwijking in de angulus mandibulae.