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Cortical defects in the mandibular sulcus
1Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
Examination of 5366 dry mandibles at the Smithsonian Institution revealed three cases of unilateral lingual defects superior to the mandibular foramen. The differential diagnosis includes a neuroma, neurolemmoma, hemangioma, or aneurysm of the inferior alveolar artery. The clinical significance of a vascular neoplasm or aneurysm would be the likelihood of increasing the risk of injecting the anesthetic solution directly into a blood vessel.