Professional paper

Idiopathic bone cavity of the lower jaw

Goran Knežević ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Krmpotić ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Jakša Grgurević ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Presentation is made of four cases of idiopathic bone cavity of the mandible seen during the post five years at the Clinic of Dentofacial Surgery of the School oif Medicine and Dental Medicine in Zagreb. In one case surgical intervention was performed because of subjective complaints. The pathohistologic findings confirmed the sialographic and intraoperative findings, which had revealed that the cavity contained ectopic salivary gland tissue. Since the lesions in the remaining three cases were asymptomatic, the patients are periodically subjected to X-rav examinations as proposed by most publications on this problem. By way of conclusion, a short historical
review of these lesions is presented and the attitudes of some authors who have written about this problem are evaluated.

Keywords

mandibule; idiopathic cavity

Hrčak ID:

105476

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105476

Publication date:

15.3.1984.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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