title: Non-familial cherubism.
abstract: Cherubism is a disease that usually affects the jaws in the paediatric population, mostly below five years of age. Radiologically, it closely resembles fibrous dysplasia and other giant cell lesions of the mandible. Computed tomography (CT) is helpful in defining the true extent of cherubic lesions, which is often not possible on radiographs due to the overlapping facial bones. We describe the radiographical and CT features of cherubism in a 12-year-old boy and highlight the ability of multidetector CT and various post-processing techniques to accurately depict the anatomical extent of the cherubic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. drjain_vaibhav@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gamanagatti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadodia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kataria
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D002636:Cherubism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed