title: Imaging characteristics of benign, malignant, and infectious jaw lesions: a pictorial review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to describe the indications and appropriate imaging studies for various jaw tumors and tumorlike lesions, the imaging findings, the differential diagnosis, and appropriate treatment options.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important for radiologists to recognize the indications and appropriate imaging studies for various jaw lesions. Radiography is typically used for first-line imaging. If necessary, it is followed by CT for evaluation of osseous lesions and MRI for characterization of soft-tissue lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic in Florida, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 3224, USA. meyer.kathleen1@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Laura W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Bancroft
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kransdorf
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed