Three cases of cholesterol granuloma in the mandible / 대한구강악안면방사선학회지
Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
;
: 225-230, 2007.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-13522
ABSTRACT
Cholesterol granuloma is an unusual clinical entity described as an inflammatory granulation in response to the deposit of cholesterol crystals. It can develop in any portion of air cells within the temporal bone as a result of a lack of aeration and inadequate drainage, especially in the middle ear cavity. Here, we report very unusual three cases of cholesterol granuloma developed in mandible. In the first case a 68-year-old male with a large mass arising from the mandible was observed. Panoramic radiograph and computed tomography scans revealed a huge expanding lesion in the mandible. In the second case a 47-year-old female with a cystic lesion in the mandible was observed. And in the third case a 19-year-old male complaining atypical facial pain had a large lesion in the mandibular ramus. The histopathologic examinations of the cases showed numerous cholesterol crystals surrounded by ultinucleated foreign body giant cells.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Temporal Bone
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Facial Pain
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
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Drainage
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Cholesterol
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Ear, Middle
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Granuloma
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Mandible
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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