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Neck pain as the sole presentation of odontogenic cyst

Selvamalar Vengathajalam1, Irfan Mohamad1,2, Roselinda Abdul Rahman3, Periyathamby Sinnathamby4, Vimahl Dass Paramanandam5
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Pediatr Med Rodz 2019, 15 (2), p. 185–187
DOI: 10.15557/PiMR.2019.0031
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Abstract

A frequently confused symptom that leads to mismanagement is referred pain. It can be of a great diagnostic value if one knows the potential origin of it. There are possibilities for physicians to miss an underlying oral or oropharyngeal pathology if they overlook the presentation and findings that are not familiar or directly organ-related. We present a case of a 75-year-old male diagnosed with a mandibular cyst when he presented with a sudden onset of extreme left-sided neck pain radiating to the left side of face and the post auricular region. Orthopantomography revealed a large cystic lesion extending from the left lower border of the mandible to the ramus. The most common cystic lesions affecting the maxillofacial region are odontogenic cysts.

Keywords
referred pain, odontogenic cyst, mandible, orthopantomography

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