Analysis of clinical and imaging findings in cementoblastoma
- VernacularTitle:成牙骨质细胞瘤的临床及影像表现分析
- Author:
Laiqing XU
1
;
Yuanyuan LIU
;
Jingjing LUO
;
Meng JIANG
;
Wenhao GUO
;
Guangning ZHENG
Author Information
- Keywords: odontogenic tumor; cementoblastoma; benign cementoblastoma
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2015;(4):419-422
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective??To?assess?the?clinical?and?imaging?features?of?cementoblastoma?for?diagnosis?and?differential?diagnosis. Methods??Clinical?and?imaging?data?of?14?cases?were?selected?for?this?retrospective?study.?Results??A?total?of?14?cases?of?cementoblastoma?patients?with?ages?at?diagnosis?ranging?from?11?years?to?58?years?(mean?age,?27.6?years;?median?age,?21.0?years).?The?tumor?affected?7?patients?from?each?gender.?The?mandible?was?the?main?site?of?occurrence.?The?most?common?complaints?were?swelling?and?pain.?Radiographic?results?showed?that?cementoblastoma?typically?presented?as?a?well-circumscribed?and?radiopaque?mass?confluent?with?the?involved?tooth?root?and?surrounded?by?a?thin?and?uniform?radio-lucent?border.?Tumor?parenchyma?was?generally?mixed-density,?which?could?be?divided?into?two?types,?namely,?homogeneous?and?heterogeneous?patterns.?Other?significant?imaging?features?included?the?periphery?bone?of?the?lesion?sclerosis?and?cortical?thickening?of?the?lower?edge?of?the?mandible.?Conclusion??Obvious?characteristics?are?found?in?the?clinical?and?imaging?findings?of?cementoblastoma.?Accurate?recognition?of?this?lesion?is?significant?in?clinic?to?avoid?misdiagnoses.
