Stafne's bone cavity anterior mandible. Case report.
Stafne's bone cyst is an uncommon lesion of the mandible. It manifests itself as an asymptomatic bone cavity and is usually seen as an incidental finding in the mandibular angle regions, lingual aspect. Rarely is this radiolucency located in the anterior mandible, where it can cause a diagnostic dilemma. A case is reported wherein this bone cyst was found anteriorly in a panoramic radiograph during a routine dental examination.
Florin
Whitney
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Salivary Gland Center, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York City, USA.
Mandel
Louis
L
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed