RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Traumatic bone cyst mimicking radicular cyst
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2012007316
DO 10.1136/bcr-2012-007316
VO 2012
A1 Onur Dincer
A1 Taha Emre Kose
A1 Abdulkadir Burak Cankaya
A1 Buket Aybar
YR 2012
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007316.abstract
AB Traumatic bone cysts were first defined by Lucas and Blum in 1929. It is classified as an intraosseous pseudocyst. They are asymptomatic and are usually seen during routine radiographical examination. According to the 2002 classification of the WHO, traumatic bone cysts are in miscellaneous lesions. This report describes a 16-year-old male patient who had a traumatic bone cyst that mimicked a radicular cyst.