Intracortical hemangioma of the mandible

We describe the first reported case of an intracortical hemangioma of the m andible in a 13-year-old Japanese girl. Panoramic radiography and CT demons trated a small osteolytic lesion which had expanded and thinned the cortex at the inferior border of the left mandible. The lesion enhanced on post-co ntrast T1-weighted MRI. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology follo wing block excision. Intracortical hemangioma should be considered in the d ifferential diagnosis of radiolucent lesions of the mandible.