1991 Volume 37 Issue 2 Pages 518-523
Lingual mandibular bone concavities were first described by Stafne in 1942 as cystic bone cavities situated near the angle of the mandible on roentgenogram.
A case of lingual mandibular bone concavity in the region of the lower right premolars is reported in this paper along with a review of the literature.
The subject was a 39-year-old man. He appeared at our clinic on 5/12/'89, having been referred to us by his general dentist with X-ray findings showing radiolucent lesion of the mandible.
We suspected the mandible cyst. In the operative findings, we did not recognize a cyst wall in the mandible. We picked fragments of the soft tissue at the lingual mandible. The pathological findings of these tissues were normal muscle tissue, fibrous connective tissue and fatty tissue.
In consideration of the clinical, operative and pathological findings, we thought that this radiolucent lesion was a lingual mandibular bone concavity.
