Patient came to your clinic with severe pain, on x-ray the right side of the mandible has a with a radiopaque border that resembles the sunshine rays. Your diagnosis is:
A) ossifying fibroma
B) osteosarcoma. ***
C) acute osteomyelitis.
Cortical integrity, periosteal reaction and soft tissue Slow-growing lesions often cause expansion with cortical bowing, while cortical destruction denotes aggressive inflammatory or neoplastic lesions. Presence of periosteal reaction and soft tissue is also suggestive of an inflammatory or malignant aetiology. Some types of periosteal reactions are quite specific, like the sunburst type in osteosarcoma.
Periapical and occlusal radiography and orthopantomography revealed diffuse bone destruction on the left side of the mandible due to the presence of a lesion of variable appearance, presenting dense radiopaque, mixed and completely radiolucent areas. The lesion was extensive and poorly delimited, with the periosteum showing the classical "sunray" reaction on occlusal and periapical radiographs.
Cortical integrity, periosteal reaction and soft tissue Slow-growing lesions often cause expansion with cortical bowing, while cortical destruction denotes aggressive inflammatory or neoplastic lesions. Presence of periosteal reaction and soft tissue is also suggestive of an inflammatory or malignant aetiology. Some types of periosteal reactions are quite specific, like the sunburst type in osteosarcoma.
Periapical and occlusal radiography and orthopantomography revealed diffuse bone destruction on the left side of the mandible due to the presence of a lesion of variable appearance, presenting dense radiopaque, mixed and completely radiolucent areas. The lesion was extensive and poorly delimited, with the periosteum showing the classical "sunray" reaction on occlusal and periapical radiographs.