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Gerodontology
; 35(2): 143-146, 2018 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29733532
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The article aims to highlight the challenge of establishing the presumptive aetiological diagnosis when unilocular or multilocular radiolucencies are identified in an elderly patient's jawbones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A mandibular cyst-like lesion was identified in a 73-year-old patient. The therapeutic decision was cyst enucleation and grafting of the bone defect. RESULTS: The initial presumptive diagnosis was invalidated by the histopathological examination that revealed the features characteristic for the aneurysmal bone cyst. CONCLUSION: Aneurysmal bone cyst in an elderly patient is a rare condition.