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Effectiveness of computed tomography to evaluate central giant cell lesion

¹ Oral Radiology Division, School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brazil; ² Private Clinic, Minas Gerais, Brazil; ³ Department of Dentistry, State University of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

^* Correspondence to: Lu´s Antônio Nogueira Dos Santos, Rua Irmã Beata, 380 Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Email: luisnogueira{at}terra.com.br

Received 1 September 2006; accepted 21 December 2006

Central giant cell lesion (CGCL) is a benign disease involving the mandible (70%) more than the maxilla; it tends to be more common in women. Clinically, the lesion may be associated with pain, tooth displacement, facial asymmetry, paraesthesia and ulceration of the mucosa. The radiographic aspect of CGCL is highly variable since it may appear as a unilocular or multilocular radiolucent area with expansion and perforation of the cortical bone. Few previous reports have dealt with the usefulness of CT in the evaluation of this lesion. The purpose of this study is to report the clinical and imaging features of a case, including CT, treated by a conservative method.

Keywords: central giant cell lesion; radiography, panoramic; tomography, X-ray computed