Abstract

*Dr Farahnaz Muddebihal and Dr Mohammed Anwar Ul Haque Chand

ABSTRACT

Solitary bone cyst (SBC), a relatively uncommon lesion of the jawbones. It is a type of the so-called “pseudocysts” of the jaws since the bone cavity is not lined with proper cystic membrane. Because of the numerous synonyms coined with this lesion make it obvious that there has been much disagreement on the pathogenesis of the lesion. It is an uncommon intraosseous non-neoplastic lesion of the jaws that almost affects patients in the second decade of life and have an excellent prognosis. It is an asymptomatic, slow growing, usually non- expansile lesion commonly diagnosed incidentally during routine radiographic examination of the jaw bones. The present literature reports a case of SBC in 24 year old male patient in posterior mandibular region along with a short review.