Expansive nasopalatine duct cysts with nasal involvement mimicking apical lesions of endodontic origin: A report of two cases

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1320-1326

  Suter, Valerie G A ^a   Büttner, Michael ^b   Altermatt, Hans Jörg ^c   Reichart, Peter A ^a   Bornstein, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Pathology Langgasse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography scan; differential diagnosis; incisive canal cyst; nasopalatine duct cyst; periapical lesion; radicular cyst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MAXILLA; NOSE DISEASE; ODONTOGENIC CYST; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY DISEASES; NONODONTOGENIC CYSTS; NOSE DISEASES; PALATE, HARD; RADICULAR CYST;

EID: 80051797669     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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