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Combined curettage and cryosurgical treatment for the aggressive "giant cell lesion" of the mandible. 1986

D J Webb, and J Brockbank

The treatment of an aggressive giant cell lesion of the mandible by combined curettage and cryosurgery is presented with a 5 year follow-up without recurrence. The difficulty in diagnosing and treating the more persistent central giant cell granulomas as compared to giant cell tumors of the jaws is discussed, and a more conservative first surgical approach is presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008336	Mandibular Diseases	Diseases involving the MANDIBLE.	Disease, Mandibular,Diseases, Mandibular,Mandibular Disease
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003452	Cryosurgery	The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.	Cryoablation,Cryoablations,Cryosurgeries
D003475	Curettage	A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new growth or other abnormal tissue, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoon-shaped instrument designed for that purpose. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Dorland, 27th ed)	Curettages
D006101	Granuloma, Giant Cell	A non-neoplastic inflammatory lesion, usually of the jaw or gingiva, containing large, multinucleated cells. It includes reparative giant cell granuloma. Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis); central refers to the jaw.	Epulis, Giant Cell,Giant Cell Granuloma,Granuloma, Giant Cell Reparative,Epulides, Giant Cell,Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma,Giant Cell Epulides,Giant Cell Epulis,Giant Cell Granulomas,Granulomas, Giant Cell
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man