Subjective:
Patient was referred by her family dentist for evaluation of a radiolucent interradicular lesion in the mandible between teeth #'s 26 and 27. Tooth number 27 had recently had a root canal. Patient was asymptomatic.
Objective:
The patient is a healthy 68 y.o. white female. Oral examination revealed a Class I malocclusion, no mobility of teeth #'s 26 and 27. Tooth number 26 is vital. There was no expansion of the buccal or lingual cortical plate of the mandible. No bruit could be heard on auscultation of the mandible. No thrill was palpable. Preoperative aspiration of lesion was negative for a vascular lesion. Radiographic examination revealed an interradicular radiolucent defect between teeth #'s 26 and 27. The roots of teeth #'s 26 and 27 were noted to be divergent apically. Tooth number 27 had had a root canal.
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Assessment: (Preoperative Differential Diagnosis)
- Lateral Periodontal Cyst
- Odontogenic Keratocyst
- Giant Cell Granuloma
- Brown Tumor of Hyperparathyroidism
- Vascular Lesion (ruled out by aspiration)
- Ameloblastoma
- Benign Tumor of Periodontal Ligament Origin
Plan:
- IV sedation / local anesthesia
- Exploration / Enucleation of mandibular radiolucent lesion
- Histopathologic examination of lesion by the University of Kentucky Oral Pathology Laboratory
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Diagnosis:
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Odontogenic Keratocyst
Post Operative Follow-up
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Note ossification of cystic defect and movement of roots back to original position.
- 09/06/90
- 09/26/91
- 10/15/92
- 11/30/93
- 01/03/95
- 04/04/96
- 04/24/97
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Patient treated by Dr. Steven R. Tucker
Steven R. Tucker DMD, PSC
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
909 Scherm Road
Owensboro, KY 42301
1-502-926-4107
fax: 1-502-926-4166
Last Modified: April 30, 1997
