title: [Imaging of odontogenic tumors of the maxilla].
abstract: Odontogenic tumors of the maxilla are frequent, mainly represented by cysts of the jaw. However, this group of tumors include a large number of potentially intricate pathologies whose evolution is dominated by frequent recurrences justifying long-term follow-up. When such a lesion is discovered, evaluation of imaging features combined with an extensive knowledge of the different patterns of other lesions (particularly their potentially evolutive patterns related to growth) can often suggest the diagnosis. While definitive diagnosis frequently relies on histology, it is not rare that the patterns are so intricate that final diagnosis is based on a correlation between clinical, imaging and histological findings.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, 75013 Paris, France. nadine.martin-duverneuil@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martin-Duverneuil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahli-Amor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chiras
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed