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Panoramic radiography showing the radiolucent area.
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The fact that the lower wall of the mandibular canal was visible within the radiolucent area showed that there could be a neighboring relationship, but not an involvement, of the inferior alveolar nerve (Figure 1).
CT image:soft-tissue window and coronal view, in which the expansion of the mandibular buccal cortex (arrow head), the submandibular gland (large arrows), and some lymph nodes (small arrows) can be seen.
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A further coronal view revealed the buccal location of the mandibular canal, which was preserved (Figures 2 and 3).
CT image:bone window and coronal view, in which the buccal location of the mandibular canal can be seen.
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A further coronal view revealed the buccal location of the mandibular canal, which was preserved (Figures 2 and 3).
Scintigraphy revealing hyperretention of the radionuclide.
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