Mandible & maxilla
Giant cell lesions & nonepithelial bone cysts
Simple bone cyst
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 November 2013
Last staff update: 17 April 2023
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Definition / general | Radiology description | Treatment | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Pernick N. Simple bone cyst. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mandiblemaxillasimplebonecyst.html. Accessed April 19th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Young patients
- 50% have history of trauma
- May be jaw counterpart of solitary bone cyst
Radiology description
- Sharply outlined radiolucent mass with thin shell of remaining bone
Treatment
- Thorough curettage
- Rarely recurs
Gross description
- Body or symphyseal area of mandible, large, intraosseous lesion
- Usually solitary
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lined by fibrovascular tissue, no epithelial lining
- Occasional hemosiderin laden macrophages and osteoclast-like giant cells
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Kelly Magliocca, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Simple bone cyst
Differential diagnosis
- Aneurysmal bone cyst (associated with benign fibro-osseous lesions)
- Latent bone cavity
