Three cases of cholesterol granuloma in the mandible.
- Author:
Min Jung SHIN
1
;
Jae Myung SHIN
;
Kyung Hoe HUH
;
Won Jin YI
;
Je Woon MOON
;
Soon Chul CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cholesterol Granuloma;
Mandible;
Diagnostic Imaging
- MeSH:
Aged;
Cholesterol*;
Diagnostic Imaging;
Drainage;
Ear, Middle;
Facial Pain;
Female;
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body;
Granuloma*;
Humans;
Male;
Mandible*;
Middle Aged;
Temporal Bone;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
2007;37(4):225-230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cholesterol granuloma is an unusual clinical entity described as an inflammatory granulation in response to the deposit of cholesterol crystals. It can develop in any portion of air cells within the temporal bone as a result of a lack of aeration and inadequate drainage, especially in the middle ear cavity. Here, we report very unusual three cases of cholesterol granuloma developed in mandible. In the first case a 68-year-old male with a large mass arising from the mandible was observed. Panoramic radiograph and computed tomography scans revealed a huge expanding lesion in the mandible. In the second case a 47-year-old female with a cystic lesion in the mandible was observed. And in the third case a 19-year-old male complaining atypical facial pain had a large lesion in the mandibular ramus. The histopathologic examinations of the cases showed numerous cholesterol crystals surrounded by ultinucleated foreign body giant cells.
