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The preoperative orthopantomogram.
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Outpatient Unit of the Department of Maxillofacial Pediatric Surgery, Ospedale dei bambini Asst., Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. Physical examination revealed only mandibular hypoplasia with multiple deciduous teeth and caries; the patient was noted to be 'fragile' (syndromic child). Orthopantomography revealed mixed dentition with nothing of note in the mandible or maxillae (Fig. 1).
The axial CT view of the mandibular lesion.
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Even the sphenoid appeared to have partially expanded; the ethmoid was partially occupied by hypodense material (Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 ).
The angio-CT coronal view of the mandibular and maxillary lesions.
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Even the sphenoid appeared to have partially expanded; the ethmoid was partially occupied by hypodense material (Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 ).
The MR axial view of the mandibular lesion.
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At several points, the resulting structural alterations had remodelled and disrupted the cortex (Fig. 5, Fig. 6).