L. Lauria et al., ULTRASONOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF BONE-LESIONS OF THE JAW, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 82(3), 1996, pp. 351-357
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
The ultrasonographic aspects of 72 intraosseous lesions of the jaws we
re evaluated to identify the usefulness of this type of examination. T
he principal aim of ultrasonography was to recognize the lesion's cont
ent before surgical treatment. Four groups of lesions were classified
after the definitive histopathologic examination: lesions with solid,
liquid, dense liquid, and mixed contents. The initial ultrasonography
examination was in agreement with the histopathologic findings in 24 (
92.3%) cases with solid content, 17 (73.9%) cases with liquid content,
7 (7.7%) cases with dense liquid content, and 13 (92.8%) cases with m
ixed content. On the basis of the results of this study, we propose th
e use of ultrasongraphy as a complementary examination for intraosseou
s lesions of the jaws. If a liquid component is identified in ultrason
ography, a surgical procedure should be performed immediately. Otherwi
se, if a lesion with solid component is identified, it should be biops
ied for histopathologic examination and final diagnosis before definit
ive surgery.