title: Recurrent aneurysmal bone cyst of the mandibular condyle with soft tissue extension.
abstract: The case of a 17- year-old female patient with a destructive aneurysmal bone cyst of the right mandibular condyle is presented. Surgery revealed an eggshell thin, partly perforated remaining condylar cortex with extension of the lesion into the surrounding soft tissues. Condylar resection with curettage of the adjacent soft tissues and recurrence prophylaxis with intranasal calcitonin for 1 week could not prevent recurrence after 6 months. In a second operation the ascending mandibular ramus was partly resected and immediately reconstructed with a newly developed alloplastic condylar head add-on system. This time the lesion was intraoperatively completely surrounded by solid cortical bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany. et200@gmx.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ettl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ständer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Driemel
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D017824:Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001860:Bone Plates; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002116:Calcitonin