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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
Published on: August 22, 2022
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Karthikeya Patil1, Mahesh Kaggare Puttaraju2, Sharath Niranjan1
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, JSS Dental College & Hospital, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:
This case report delineates a case of female patient in her early 20s who presented with a rapidly proliferating mass in the posterior right mandibular region that evolved over a 4-month temporal interval. The patient's primary symptomatology encompassed progressive mandibular discomfort, masticatory dysfunction, paraesthesia of the inferior labial region, spontaneous haemorrhage from the affected site and dental mobility. The lesion exhibited aggressive growth kinetics and was concomitant with significant osseous alterations. The patient's demographic profile, the anatomical predilection of the neoplastic growth, its accelerated proliferative behaviour and distinctive morphological characteristics posed considerable diagnostic challenges. This case exemplifies the infrequent manifestation of such pathological entities in the posterior mandibular region and illuminates the complexities encountered by clinicians when confronted with lesions presenting in atypical anatomical distributions. The presentation accentuates the imperative of incorporating rare pathological entities into the differential diagnostic framework when patients manifest rapidly expanding intraoral masses demonstrating aggressive biological behaviour and clinical progression patterns.
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