The relationship of lesion size to diagnosis, incidence, and treatment of periapical cysts and granulomas

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1984 Jan;57(1):82-94. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(84)90267-6.

Abstract

The authors have reviewed the literature relevant to diagnosis, incidence, and treatment of periapical cysts and granulomas. They suggest that lesion size may have a significant influence in all those areas. On the basis of this viewpoint, they suggest alternatives to various commonly held assumptions and potential solutions to a number of controversial issues.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Periapical Granuloma / diagnostic imaging
  • Periapical Granuloma / epidemiology
  • Periapical Granuloma / pathology*
  • Periapical Granuloma / surgery
  • Periapical Granuloma / therapy
  • Radicular Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Radicular Cyst / epidemiology
  • Radicular Cyst / pathology*
  • Radicular Cyst / surgery
  • Radicular Cyst / therapy
  • Radiography