What Is Multilocular Radiolucency?

Introduction Multilocular radiolucency refers to a lesional appearance on the radiograph which is derived from erosion, bosselation, or scalloping of the endosteal surface at the advancing margin of the lesion, thus giving the charecteristic multiple loculated appearance.(1)

What is mandibular Radiolucency?

Unilocular anterior mandibular radiolucencies represent an aberrant or less common site for pathologies commonly occurring in body and angle region. Anterior lesions are more common in females. Most cases report with painless intraoral or extraoral swelling. Expansion occurs more at upper border of buccal cortex.

Which lesion S may appear radiographically as multilocular Radiolucencies?

These lesions include odontogenic keratocyst, ameloblastoma, central giant cell granuloma, cherubism, odontogenic myxoma, aneurysmal bone cyst, and central hemangioma and other vascular lesions.

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