Radiological evaluation of odontogenic keratocysts in patients with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome: A review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (NBCCS) is an autosomal dominant syndrome that has various expressions in each patient. Generally; NBCCS is followed by multiple nevoid basal cell carcinoma of the skin, orbital anomalies, skeletal anomalies, central nervous system anomalies and multiple odontogenic keratocysts (OK). NBCCS is usually diagnosed between the ages of 5-30 years, with multiple basal cell carcinomas of the skin and OKs in the jaws as the initial findings. The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the radiographic findings of the OKs in NBCCS patients in the literature with additional cases.

Materials and methods

In this study, we evaluated the OKs of the patients with NBCCS in PubMed Database with 5 additional cases from our database. A to

SUBMITTER: Unsal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature