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OBJECTIVES: To describe the panoramic radiographic and CT features of cherubism in an unselected series of 15 adults. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 15 individuals aged 29-84 years with familial non-syndromal molecularly confirmed cherubism were examined with panoramic radiography and CT. Bone abnormalities were analysed and described. RESULTS: 11 (73%) of the 15 adults had mandibular abnormalities. These abnormalities ranged from subtly detectable to severe, and were less prevalent and expansive but could be rather similar to the characteristic image features in children. Unilocular radiolucencies were more common than multilocular radiolucencies, and a specific feature of these abnormalities was that they were exclusively found in the anterior mandible. CONCLUSIONS: The radiographic and CT abnormalities of cherubism in adults were frequent and extremely heterogeneous, with some distinct features.
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Cherubism/diagnostic imaging , Radiography, Panoramic/methods , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Alveolar Process/diagnostic imaging , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Mandibular Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Maxillary Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Maxillary Sinus/diagnostic imaging , Middle Aged , Palate/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Cancer chemotherapy often leads to injury of normal cells. Adverse effects on oral mucosa have been documented for several cytotoxic treatment regimens. The aim of the present retrospective study was to evaluate incidence and degree of oral soft tissue side-effects of a cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimen used for treating testicular cancer. The study was based upon a questionnaire mailed to 56 consecutive patients treated at the Norwegian Radium Hospital. A total of 39 individuals joined the study, as 2 patients refused and 15 did not reply. The patients were divided into two groups, a case group (24 individuals) having received 4 7 cycles of cisplatin-based chemotherapy in addition to surgery, and a control group (15 individuals) treated with surgery alone. The study revealed that 62% of the patients in the chemotherapy group developed adverse soft tissue reactions, with mucositis and pain as chief complaints, whereas none in the control group experienced any mucosal complications.
