Recurrent cherubism in an adult patient.
Cherubism is an uncommon, nonneoplastic, fibro-osseous disorder of the jaws in childhood and adolescence. It affects the jaw bones by deforming the cortical shell. Clinical features include progressive painless and mostly bilateral expansion of the mandible and/or maxilla. Because fibrous connective tissue replaces osseous tissue, radiographic features generally include expansile osteolytic lesions and a ground-glass appearance. Several treatment protocols for cherubism have been recommended in the literature; however, despite surgical curettage treatment, recurrences may occur. Our aim was to emphasize the high recurrence rate of cherubic lesions. In this article, we present cherubism in a young girl that relapsed after 5 surgical operations before her appearance to our clinic.
*Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey †Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden ‡Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nihat
N
Demirtas
Oya
O
Barut
Ilknur
I
Ozcan
Suzan
S
Bayer
Hakki Oguz
HO
Kazancioglu
D002636:Cherubism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult