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Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia,
Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial
rev port estomatol med dent cir maxilofac. 2021;62(3):170-175
Case Report
Bilateral simple bone cyst in mandible:
Rare case report
Milena Vargas Marques , Ana Claudia Galvão de Aguiar Koubik , Liliane Roskamp ,
Natanael Henrique Ribeiro Mattos , Cintia Mussi Milani*
Faculty of Dentistry, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: The simple bone cyst is a benign osteolytic lesion, uncommon in the maxillomandibu-
Received 10 February 2021 lar region. Its etiology remains unknown, although traumatic injuries are often asso-
Accepted 19 August 2021 ciated with this injury. Young patients, men and women alike are the most affected. It
Available online 29 September 2021 is asymptomatic in most cases, being diagnosed on routine radiographs. The radiolu-
cent image, uni or multilocular, is well defined, with irregular margins, mainly in the
Keywords: posterior region of the mandible. Bilateral presentation is unusual. The final diagnosis
Bilateral is made during surgical procedures when an empty bone cavity is detected. Simple
Bone cysts curettage is the treatment of choice and it consists of causing bleeding and filling the
Mandible cavity with a blood clot. Bone repair will be observed in the follow-up procedures. The
aim of this study was to present a rare case of bilateral simple bone cyst in a young
male, treated with curettage of the bone walls. (Rev Port Estomatol Med Dent Cir Ma-
xilofac. 2021;62(3):170-175)
© 2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária.
Publicado por SPEMD. Este é um artigo Open Access sob uma licença CC BY-NC-ND
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
* Corresponding author.
Correio eletrónico: cintiammilani@hotmail.com (Cintia Mussi Milani).
http://doi.org/10.24873/j.rpemd.2021.09.845
1646-2890/© 2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária. Published by SPEMD.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

