PMC3509788_01
3D reconstruction of left body/ramus mandibular brown tumour.
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Computed tomography (CT) mandible revealed extensive erosive lesions at the contours of the roots of the left second and third lower molars with frank disruption of the medial and lateral cortices (Figure 1).
(a) Axial CT of the mandible showing the brown tumour as a mass of the left hemimandible. (b) Coronal CT scan of the brown tumour with well-defined radiolucent osteolytic lesions encircling the roots of teeth.
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Anteriorly to the left masseteric area the lesion measured approximately 1.6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (Figure 2).