Mann R W
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.
J Oral Pathol Med. 1992 Sep;21(8):381-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1992.tb01370.x.
Lingual cortical defects of the mandible are common radiographic entities found predominantly in adult males. Due to the benign nature of these defects and infrequent need for exploratory surgery, few paleopathologists and clinicians have had the opportunity to examine their contents. The present study, using silicone impressions, provides three-dimensional representations reflecting the size and shape of soft-tissue masses once filling 10 unusually large lingual defects. The 10 specimens were chosen from an international sample of 6,330 dry mandibles, 115 of which had lingual cortical defects.
下颌骨舌侧皮质缺损是常见的影像学表现，主要见于成年男性。由于这些缺损的良性性质以及很少需要进行探查性手术，很少有古病理学家和临床医生有机会检查其内容物。本研究使用硅橡胶印模，提供了三维图像，反映了曾经填充10个异常大的舌侧缺损的软组织肿块的大小和形状。这10个标本是从6330个干燥下颌骨的国际样本中挑选出来的，其中115个有舌侧皮质缺损。
