Case report
English
Amos MJ 1, Dalghous A 1, Alkhabuli J 2, Mizen KD 1
1-Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pinderfields Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG; 2-Faculty of Dentistry, Sharjah University, UAE.
Libyan J Med AOP: 070922 (published September 2007)
Abstract
Radicular cysts arise from non-vital teeth. They are inflammatory in nature and are the most common cystic lesion found in the jaw. We present a case of a massive maxillary radicular cyst in a 20 year-old man, diagnosed following an alleged assault and facial fracture. Subsequent abscess formation was initially thought to be infection secondary to haematoma due to fracture, but further investigation showed that it was to be due to a massive cyst.
Keywords: Massive maxillary radicular cyst presenting as facial fracture and abscess: a case report.
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