title: Patholologic fracture of the mandible after removal of follicular cyst.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to report a 61-year-old man who presented a complication after mandibular follicular cyst removal.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient underwent surgery, via intraoral approach: removal of the lesion and the dental follicle with curettage and extraction of the mandibular right third molar. Two weeks after surgery, the patient reported a slight malocclusion. The x-ray showed a fracture near the right mandibular angle. The fracture was treated by application of a long mandibular plate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two years after surgery, the patient is asymptomatic. Inferior alveolar nerve sensitivity returned completely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the reported case, a satisfactory result was obtained after the treatment of the complication confirmed by postoperative x-rays.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery, Centre for Craniofacial Deformities and Orbital Surgery, St Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tieghi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Consorti
authors.forename: Luigi C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Clauser
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005497:Follicular Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed