A fatty tissue lesion of the floor of the mouth mimicking an odontogenic lesion.
The floor of the mouth is a rare location for fatty tissue lesions. These lesions could cause resorption of the adjacent bone and lead to a radiolucent appearance on radiographs. In this case report, a non-capsulated lesion composed of mature adipose tissue located on the floor of the mouth causing a well-circumscribed oval radiolucent lesion close to the roots of the molar teeth due to resorption of mandible in a 33-year-old woman is reported.
Akarslan
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Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. zakarslan@gazi.edu.tr
Akar
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Gültekin
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Erten
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography