title: Unilateral bone cavities situated near the angle of the mandibula.
abstract: Stafne bone defects (SBDs) are asymptomatic radiolucent lingual/buccal bone lesions of the lower jaw and are frequently caused by soft tissue inclusion. These defects have a cystlike appearance on plain radiographs. The diagnosis of this defect is incidental because patients do not usually present clinical symptoms. The common variant of SBD exists at the third molar region of the mandible below the inferior alveolar canal. To date, only 1 case of multilocular SBD has been reported in the literature, including both clinical cases and archaeological specimens. The purpose of the current study was to describe a new case of multilocular appearance of SBD near the angle of the mandibula that was diagnosed with the aid of a three-dimensional cone beam computed tomographic scan.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum; †Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri; and ‡Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özkan
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Miloğlu
authors.forename: Ahmet Ercan
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sekerci
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasa
authors.forename: Sadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dagistan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*