Epidemiologic Study of Odontogenic and Non-odontogenic Cysts in Children and Adolescents of a Brazilian Population

Overview

Journal Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal

Specialty Dentistry

Date 2017 Dec 24

PMID 29274165

Citations 8

Authors

L-P da Silva

A-K-G Gonzaga

M-L-B Severo

C-C-S Barros

A-M-C de Medeiros

L-B de Souza

E-J-D da Silveira

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Abstract

Background: the objective of this study was to describe the frequency of cystic lesions in a Brazilian population of patients histopathologically diagnosed in the first and second decade of life.

Material And Methods: Retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was performed. Biopsy records were obtained from the archives of a Brazilian referral center between 1980 and 2016.

Results: A total of 2.114 biopsy records of pediatric patients were analyzed with oral and maxillofacial lesions. Data such as gender, age, anatomical location, and histopathological diagnosis were collected and categorized. Among all oral and maxillofacial lesions (n=2.114), were diagnosed 294 cases of odontogenic cysts (13.9%) and 16 cases of non-odontogenic cysts (0.8%). The most frequent lesions in each group were, respectively: radicular cyst (n=145) and epidermoid cyst (n=4). These lesions were most common in female (n=158), with a mean age of 14 years. For intraosseous lesions, the mandible (n=148) was the most affected anatomic site; moreover, the floor of the mouth (n=6) was most affected by cysts in soft tissues.

Conclusions: Odontogenic cysts were relatively common in population studied, but non-odontogenic cysts were rare in these patients.

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