PMC7433967_01
Preoperative orthopantomogram
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F1
Orthopantomogram revealed a well-defined radiolucency involving distal surface of 34 to distal surface of 36 [Figure 1].
Intraoperative dissection
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F2
Dissection was done [Figure 2] with utmost care to preserve the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle which was closely associated to the lesion and the mass was excised in toto [Figure 3].
Excised tissue mass
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F3
Dissection was done [Figure 2] with utmost care to preserve the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle which was closely associated to the lesion and the mass was excised in toto [Figure 3].
Histopathological analysis
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F4
Chondrocytes were seen within the lacunar spaces having small round nuclei with condensed chromatin, and eosinophillic cytoplasm which was suggestive of chondroma [Figure 4].
Postoperative orthopantomogram
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F5
Nothing remarkable was noticed during the periodic follow-up clinically or radiographically [Figure 5].