Anterior Stafne's Bone Cavity Mimicking a Periapical Lesion of Endodontic Origin: Report of Two Cases

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1598-1602

  Bornstein, Michael M ^a   Wiest, Roland ^a   Balsiger, Roman ^a   Reichart, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; periapical lesion; pseudocyst; radicular cyst; Stafne's bone cavity; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JAW CYST; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOGENIC CYST; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHORISTOMA; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; JAW CYSTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULAR CYST; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 70349939488     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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