TY - JOUR
T1 - Is it a cystic or a cyst-like condition?
T2 - Discussing the etiology of an unusual large mandibular lesion in a Roman skeleton from Quinta da Torrinha/Quinta de Santo Antonio (Almada, Portugal)
AU - Assis, Sandra
AU - Casimiro, Silvia
AU - Cardoso, Francisca Alves
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147246/PT#
UID/HIS/00749/2013
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Cystic and cyst-like lesions of the jaw are a recurrent finding in routine dental radiography but not in paleopathology. This paper describes a large oval osteolytic cavity (23 × 14 mm) observed in the mandible of a middle-aged female unearthed from the Roman necropolis of Quinta da Torrinha/Quinta de Santo António (Almada, Portugal, 3rd–5th centuries AD). The lesion was located in the body of the mandible, inferior to the alveolus of the first left molar. The associated tooth exhibited a carious lesion that destroyed the tooth crown and exposed the pulp cavity. The osteolytic lesion presented inner smooth walls and sharped regular contours, surrounded by slight microporosity. Radiography revealed an unilocular lesion with well-defined contours and a thin opaque rim. The differential diagnosis considered several odontogenic and non-odontogenic conditions of the jaw. The size and shape of the cavity, the nature of its walls and contours, and the presence of a source of infection in the pulp is consistent with an odontogenic condition of inflammatory origin, probably a radicular cyst.
AB - Cystic and cyst-like lesions of the jaw are a recurrent finding in routine dental radiography but not in paleopathology. This paper describes a large oval osteolytic cavity (23 × 14 mm) observed in the mandible of a middle-aged female unearthed from the Roman necropolis of Quinta da Torrinha/Quinta de Santo António (Almada, Portugal, 3rd–5th centuries AD). The lesion was located in the body of the mandible, inferior to the alveolus of the first left molar. The associated tooth exhibited a carious lesion that destroyed the tooth crown and exposed the pulp cavity. The osteolytic lesion presented inner smooth walls and sharped regular contours, surrounded by slight microporosity. Radiography revealed an unilocular lesion with well-defined contours and a thin opaque rim. The differential diagnosis considered several odontogenic and non-odontogenic conditions of the jaw. The size and shape of the cavity, the nature of its walls and contours, and the presence of a source of infection in the pulp is consistent with an odontogenic condition of inflammatory origin, probably a radicular cyst.
KW - Roman necropolis
KW - Oral conditions
KW - Paleopathology
KW - Radicular cyst
KW - Odontogenic conditions
KW - Periodontal changes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.01.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30126701
SN - 1879-9817
VL - 22
SP - 149
EP - 157
JO - International Journal of Paleopathology
JF - International Journal of Paleopathology
ER -