MAXILLOFACIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN GORLINS-SYNDROME - ACCESS OSTEOTOMIES FOR CYST REMOVAL AND ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

Gorlin's syndrome is a complex hamartomatous/neoplastic syndrome with multisystemic manifestations involving the skin, central nervous syste m, and bony skeleton. The purpose of this article is to describe how a patient with Gorlin's syndrome was managed with a multipronged approa ch that included exposure osteotomies for keratocyst removal combined with orthognathic surgery. This case demonstrates the advantages of st andard maxillofacial osteotomies to gain access for the removal of odo ntogenic cysts and benign tumors.