title: Anterior lingual mandibular bone depression in an 11-year-old child.
abstract: This report describes physical and imaging findings in a case of anterior lingual mandibular bone depression in a child. This entity is very rarely diagnosed and even more extremely rarely seen in children. We present some characteristic findings depicted on images provided by different sources and briefly address current hypotheses on its pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Eppendorf University Hospital, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. rfriedri@uke.de
authors.forename: Reinhard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Hanna A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Scheuer
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gröbe
mesh_terms: D001862:Bone Resorption; D002648:Child; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012796:Sialography; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology