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Postoperative maxillary cyst

Author(s) -

Pooja Siwach,

Tabita Joy,

Shuddhodhan Gaikwad,

Vikas Meshram

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_259_18

Subject(s) - medicine , maxilla , cyst , dentistry , orthodontics , surgery

Cysts of the oral cavity are among the most commonly encountered biopsy specimen in histopathology. Shear categorized the cysts associated with maxillary antrum under four subheadings - mucocoele, retention cyst, pseudocyst, and postoperative maxillary cyst (PMC). PMC is also known as surgical ciliated cyst, postoperative paranasal cyst, or respiratory implantation cyst. Although it constitutes 20% of oral cysts in Japan, it is quite rare in the other parts of the world. Herewith, we report a case of a 65-year-old female who presented with the complaint of palatal swelling and having a history of maxillary sinus surgery 30 years ago.

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