Open AccessCherubism
Author(s) -
Neelima Gupta,
Prabhjot Singh,
Usha Singh
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02993110
Subject(s) - medicine , cherubism , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , lesion , surgery , dermatology , giant cell , pathology
Cherubum is a benign. fanilial giant cell lesion characterised by gradually prirgeesive panless swelling of the jaws. A study involving, suffering from this rare disarder is preunted. The differentdal dingnosis ON bath clincal charcteristics and hisioktical ftvltitgs is disussed. The conficting treatmem policlm with respect to non-treatment and surgirai recentouring with curenage, are also reviewed.