Multiple Expansile Jaw Radiolucencies Case Report

Authors: Amal HA and Adam SA, Yousif IE, Mariam EE and Alim EN

DOI: 10.23880/oajds-16000116

Volume 1, Issue 2

Abstract

Cherubism is a congenital childhood disease of autosomal dominant inheritance, characterized by painless bilateral enlargement of the jaws, in which bone is replaced with fibrous tissue, and is well-known to regress without treatment following puberty. Boys are more affected than girls at the proportion of 2:1. Jones in described Cherubism as a familial disease, multilocular cystic disease of the jaws. Typical age of onset is 2 to 5 years, with the jaw lesions progressing gradually until puberty when the swelling spontaneously stabilizes and then it regresses. Cherubism lesions impact on the eruption and arrangement of the primary dentition however the effect on the permanent dentition include absence of the molars , teeth with abnormal shape and root resorption. This is a case report that highlights the initial bilateral presentation of Cherubism case and reviews the different aspect of clinical, radiographic and histopathological feature.

Keywords: Jaw Radiolucencies

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