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Periapical radiographs (before and after extraction) of a 67-year-old woman with subtle vague pain in the right premolar region of the mandible and a paresthesia of the right lower lip and chin revealing an ill-defined radiolucency and alveolar bone demineralization (arrows).
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The periapical radiograph taken after extraction exhibited an increased radiolucency in the area [Figure 1].
Panoramic radiograph (after extraction) of a 67-year-old woman with subtle vague pain in the right premolar region of the mandible and a paresthesia of the right lower lip and chin showing the ill-defined radiolucent spongeous osteolytic lesion of the right premolar region in the mental foramen area (arrows).
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Cone-beam computed tomography cross-sectional 1 mm thick of a 67-year-old woman with subtle vague pain in the right premolar region of the mandible and a paresthesia of the right lower lip and chin showing multiple perforation of the buccal and lingual plate area near the right lower premolar (arrows).
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Axial, sagittal, and frontal cuts at the level of the right lower premolar area of a 67-year-old woman with subtle vague pain in the right premolar region of the mandible and a paresthesia of the right lower lip and chin showing a slight expansion of the buccal cortex (arrows).
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A 67-year-old woman whole body PET scan and high- resolution PET-CT after intravenous injection of 11 mCi of 18F-FDG showing large hyperactive area involving the right mandible.
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A 67-year-old woman MRI-3T showing lytic lesion of the right anterior mandibular body measuring 3 cm and abnormal signal involving also the left mandibular side, suspicious for tumoral infiltration.
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