Collins T E, Laskin D M, Farrington F H, Shetty N S, Mourino A
Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Verginia, School of Dentistry, Richmond, USA.
J Am Dent Assoc. 1997 Jun;128(6):747-50. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0298.
The authors evaluated the panoramic radiographs of 1,193 consecutively treated patients 18 years old and younger for the presence of asymptomatic radiolucencies in the mandibular condyles. The 27 radiographs initially selected were examined by four independent reviewers. Of the 1,193 patients, 18 (1.5 percent [10 female and eight male]) met the criteria for condylar pseudocysts. Follow-up radiographs showed minimal or no change in size of the radiolucencies. Clinicians need to be aware of these anatomic variations so that patients are not subjected to inappropriate treatment.
作者评估了1193名18岁及以下连续接受治疗患者的全景X线片，以检查下颌髁突有无无症状性透射区。最初挑选出的27张X线片由四名独立的审阅者进行检查。在1193名患者中，18名（1.5%[10名女性和8名男性]）符合髁突假性囊肿的标准。随访X线片显示透射区大小变化极小或无变化。临床医生需要了解这些解剖变异，以免患者接受不恰当的治疗。
