PMC5543623_01
Pre-operative View.
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Intraorally, the patient presented with missing left first and third molar along with a breach in the corresponding alveolar mucosa in relation to 38 region (Fig. 1).
Panoramic radiograph showing the lesion as well defined radiopacity in the left side of the mandible in the angle region.
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An Orthopantomogram was taken (Fig. 2, 3). Further there was evidence of secondary inferior displacement of inferior alveolar nerve canal around the 37 (Figs. 2-3).
Panoramic radiograph revealing a well defined radiopacity in the left side of the mandible in the angle region with the secondary inferior displacement of the mandibular canal w.r.t 37.
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An Orthopantomogram was taken (Fig. 2, 3). Further there was evidence of secondary inferior displacement of inferior alveolar nerve canal around the 37 (Figs. 2-3).
Surgical Exposure of the tumor.
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Under loco-regional anesthesia, the surgery was performed, consisting of the excision of the whole impacted teeth and the lesion all around Fig. (4).
Excised lesion.
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The excised lesion specimen (Fig. 5) was sent to anatomopathological study which concluded a complex odontoma.
Post-operative view with sutures.
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The patient was followed-up over a period of one month (Fig. 6).