Case presentation A 14-year-old white male presented with a swelling of the right symphysis and parasymphysis area. The patient’s past medical history includes orthodontic treatment of one-year duration, during which time there was little or no movement of teeth. He has had no prior surgery or allergies and is not on any medications. There is no family history of a related disease. Clinical and radiographic observations Clinical examination revealed mild swelling in the anterior and posterior mandible.
Radiographs (image) revealed a total of five radiolucencies, three in the maxilla and two in the mandible. The three in the maxilla were unilocular radiolucencies around impacted tooth # 1, missing tooth #16, and between teeth # 9 and 12. Excisional biopsy Histological examination of all cysts, except the marsupialized cyst, was similar in morphology. A cystic structure with uniformly…
