Biomaterial Database

Cherubism--an initial unilateral presentation. 1978

D G Arnott

An unusual presentation of cherubism is reported owing to the initial unilateral nature and late onset of occurrence. A classification for cherubism is proposed and the difficulty in diagnosis of unilateral cases is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011862	Radiography, Panoramic	Extraoral body-section radiography depicting an entire maxilla, or both maxilla and mandible, on a single film.	Orthopantomography,Panoramic Radiography,Pantomography,Orthopantomographies,Panoramic Radiographies,Pantomographies,Radiographies, Panoramic
D002636	Cherubism	A fibro-osseous hereditary disease of the jaws. The swollen jaws and raised eyes give a cherubic appearance; multiple radiolucencies are evident upon radiographic examination.	Familial Benign Giant-Cell Tumor of the Jaw,Familial Fibrous Dysplasia of Jaw,Familial Multilocular Cystic Disease of the Jaws
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man