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Case 40-2005: An 18-year-old man with a one-month history of nontender left mandibular swelling

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A case study of an 18-year-old man suffering from left mandibular swelling with reference to diagnosis and management of cystic lesions of the jaw is presented. The panoramic radiograph revealed a large and loculated radiolucency of the left mandible with inferior displacement of the left mandibular third molar and evidence of root resorption of the left mandibular second molar.

Author: Faquin, William C., Caruso, Paul A., August, Meredith
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
England, Usage, Photography, Panoramic, Panoramic photography, Mouth diseases

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Case 2-2004: a 32-year-old man with pain and swelling of the jaw

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The diagnosis and treatment of a 32-year-old man with a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma in his lower jaw are reviewed. Osteosarcoma is a rare cancer and only occurs in the jaw in 10% of all cases. The patient was successfully treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.

Author: Nielsen, G. Petur, Dodson, Thomas B., Caruso, Paul A.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
Mouth cancer

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A 14-year-old boy with abnormal bones and a sacral mass

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A 14-year-old boy with bone pain and a mass at the end of his spine was diagnosed with a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. He responded well to chemotherapy but was found to also have acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Author: Nielsen, G. Petur, Terek, Richard M.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001

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Subjects list: Case studies, Osteosarcoma
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