Sekerci Ahmet Ercan, Sisman Yildiray, Etoz Meryem, Bulut Duygu Goller
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey.
Case Rep Dent. 2013;2013:757645. doi: 10.1155/2013/757645. Epub 2013 Apr 24.
Most periapical lesions are associated with microorganisms from infected root canal systems. Maxillary sinus can pose a diagnostic dilemma radiographically because of its anatomical variation which can mimic a periapical pathosis. The aim of this study was to describe two cases of aberrant anatomical variation of the maxillary sinus that presented radiographic similarities to a periapical cyst in order to call the attention of clinicians to the fact that several different diseases are able to mimic endodontic periapical lesions. An accurate assessment of this morphology was made with the help of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
大多数根尖周病变与感染根管系统中的微生物有关。上颌窦由于其解剖变异可能模仿根尖周病变，在影像学上会造成诊断难题。本研究的目的是描述两例上颌窦异常解剖变异病例，这些病例在影像学上与根尖囊肿相似，以便引起临床医生对几种不同疾病能够模仿牙髓根尖周病变这一事实的关注。借助锥形束计算机断层扫描（CBCT）对这种形态进行了准确评估。
