Clinical and radiographic features of eosinophilic granuloma in the jaws: review of 41 lesions treated by surgery and low-dose radiotherapy.

Abstract

Eosinophilic granuloma within the jaws may radiographically mimic other benign odontogenic cysts and tumors, and different protocols have been suggested in the literature for treating eosinophilic granuloma of the jaws. Forty-one lesions of eosinophilic granuloma, diagnosed in 25 patients, were reviewed retrospectively, and data were collected regarding age, gender, ethnic origin, location, symptoms, clinical appearance, radiographic features, treatment, and recurrence. The lesions were found in youngsters (18.1 +/- 4.7 years of age), mostly in the posterior parts of the mandible, and the most common presenting symptom was pain (92%), often accompanied by swelling. Approximately one half of the lesions were radiographically well defined without ossification. All patients were treated by enucleation (with or without peripheral ostectomy) and radiotherapy; 7.3% lesions recurred during follow-up (9.3 +/- 4.6 years). In addition, the different treatments suggested in the literature for eosinophilic granuloma of the jaws were reviewed.

• Authors: L Ardekian, M Peled, D Rosen, A Rachmiel, I Abu el-Naaj, D Laufer
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod) Vol. 87 Issue 2 Pg. 238-42 (Feb 1999) ISSN: 1079-2104 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10052382 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Factors
• Arabs
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Eosinophilic Granuloma (diagnostic imaging, ethnology, pathology, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Israel (epidemiology)
• Jaw Diseases (diagnostic imaging, ethnology, pathology, therapy)
• Jews
• Male
• Radiography