SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX ODONTOMA IN THE MANDIBLE: THE IMPORTANCE OF POSTOPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP.

Autor: CUNICO, Letícia Aparecida, VENDRUSCOLO, Joana Leticia, GONÇALVES, Kariana Wan-Dall, PROHNY, João Paulo Stanislovicz, ZANFERRARI, Fernando Luiz, SCHUSSEL, Juliana Lucena, SASSI, Laurindo Moacir
Zdroj: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology & Oral Radiology; Jun2024, Vol. 137 Issue 6, pe227-e227, 1p
Abstrakt: Complex odontomas are benign lesions characterized by an amorphous mass of mineralized tissue, typically identified through routine imaging examinations. In this case, a 33-year-old female patient was referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery service after a routine panoramic radiograph detected an asymptomatic lesion in her mandible. During the patient's medical history, she reported being a former smoker, and the clinical examination revealed an increase in bone volume in the right mandible, which was sensitive to palpation. The panoramic radiograph showed a radiopaque area measuring 2 cm in the right mandibular ramus. The preliminary diagnosis of a complex odontoma was subsequently confirmed through an excisional biopsy and histopathological analysis. The patient was lost to follow-up but returned to the service after one year, complaining of pain in the operated region. A follow-up panoramic radiograph revealed the presence of a residual lesion in the right mandibular ramus. Another surgical intervention was planned, and the patient continues to be monitored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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