Open AccessCentral giant cell granuloma in maxilla of a pediatric patient
Author(s) -
Eduardo Varela-Ibáñez,
Diana E. Acosta-Cruz,
Norith Recendez-Santillán
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
mexican journal of medical research icsa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2007-5235
DOI - 10.29057/mjmr.v3i5.1833
Subject(s) - maxilla , central giant cell granuloma , medicine , radiological weapon , granuloma , dentistry , pathology , surgery , giant cell
Central Giant Cell Granuloma or CGCG is a benign bone injury of the maxillas of origin non-odontegenic. It has epidemiology, histology, clinical and radiological characteristics well defined, and spit it shares similarities with other pathologies, its difference requires an intensive clinical and lab analysis. Due to its locally destructive nature and its high recurrence, its treatment is complex. For this reason, it is necessary surgical procedures which are able to provoke important aesthetic and functional effects. In this article apart from collecting information about CGCG, it has presented the case of a 11-year old child who presents such injury in the upper maxilla giving his pathologic descriptions and the description of the studies in his treatment.