title: Endoscopic approach to benign lesion involving the mandibular condyle.
abstract: Benign lesions involving the mandibular condyle are rare. Odontogenic keratocyst has been always an interesting subject to debate since Philipsen first described it as a distinct entity in 1956. Nevertheless, the large variability and the lack of homogeneity between patients in the different studies did not allow to develop universally recognized guidelines for the keratocyst odontogenic tumor treatment. The aim of this article was to present a new surgical technique to approach high-dimension benign lesion located at the level of the mandibular ramus and condyle, consisting enucleation and curettage under endoscopic vision.
authors.affiliation: Maxillo-facial Surgery Department, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. giovannettif@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giovannetti
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cassoni
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gennaro
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Della Monaca
authors.forename: Valentino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003475:Curettage; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed