Bilateral Maxillary Dentigerous Cysts in a Non-Syndromic Patient.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2010.53.1.57
- Author:
Joo Hyun JUNG
1
;
Il Gyu KANG
;
Heung Eog CHA
;
Seon Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea. rhinokim2002@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dentigerous cyst;
Odontogenic cyst
- MeSH:
Cheek;
Dentigerous Cyst;
Humans;
Jaw;
Maxillary Sinus;
Mucopolysaccharidoses;
Odontogenic Cysts;
Physical Examination;
Radicular Cyst;
Surgical Instruments;
Tooth
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2010;53(1):57-59
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Dentigerous cysts are the most common type of developmental odontogenic cysts and the second most common odontogenic cyst of the jaw after radicular cysts. Dentigerous cysts are usually solitary, but can be multiple in patients with certain syndromes, such as mucopolysaccharidosis type IV. There are cases of multiple cysts occurring in non-syndromic patients as well. A fourteen-year-old girl presented to our department with painful swelling in the left cheek. Except for the bulging of the left nasal lateral wall, the physical examination was unremarkable and all routine laboratory test results were within normal limits. Computed tomography (CT) showed a well-defined soft tissue density obliterating both maxillary sinuses with a tooth in the medial wall. We removed the cyst and teeth with forceps via a large middle meatal antrostomy. The pathology revealed a non-keratinized squamous epithelial lined cyst associated with the teeth.
