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Central giant cell lesion of the jaw

MedGen UID:
1864053
Concept ID:
C5937450
Finding
HPO: HP:6000715

Definition

A benign proliferative and asymptomatic intraosseous lesion of the jaw formed by fibrous tissue that contains multiple focus of hemorrhage and an aggregation of multinucleated giant cells. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCentral giant cell lesion of the jaw

Conditions with this feature

Fibrous dysplasia of jaw
MedGen UID:
40219
Concept ID:
C0008029
Disease or Syndrome
Cherubism is a childhood-onset, autoinflammatory bone disease characterized by bilateral and symmetric proliferative fibroosseous lesions limited to the mandible and maxilla. The enlargement is usually symmetric in nature. The phenotype ranges from no clinical manifestations to severe mandibular and maxillary overgrowth with respiratory, vision, speech, and swallowing problems. In most affected persons, teeth are displaced, unerupted, unformed, or absent, or may appear to be floating in cystlike spaces; malocclusion, premature exfoliation of deciduous teeth, and root resorption have also been reported. The course and duration of the active process of bone destruction varies between affected individuals; the onset is usually in early childhood, and typically new lesions can occur until puberty. Regression of the lesions occurs as they become filled with bone and remodel during the second and third decade of life. By age 30 years, the facial abnormalities associated with cherubism are not usually recognizable and residual deformity of the jaws is rare. Typically, cherubism is an isolated benign condition; the affected person has normal intellectual skills and is without other physical anomalies.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rhou YJJ, Wang CJ, Nguyen M, Vanderniet JA, Munns CF, Coleman H, Kim J, Holmes-Walker DJ, Lim L, Girgis CM
Calcif Tissue Int 2022 Apr;110(4):464-474. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s00223-021-00935-z. PMID: 35088118
Akinyamoju AO, Soyele OO, Saiki TE, Adesina OM
West Afr J Med 2020 Jan-Mar;37(1):26-31. PMID: 32030708
Etoz M, Asantogrol F, Akyol R
Oral Radiol 2020 Jan;36(1):60-68. Epub 2019 Mar 1 doi: 10.1007/s11282-019-00380-7. PMID: 30825099
Sullivan M, Gallagher G, Noonan V
J Am Dent Assoc 2016 Aug;147(8):646-9. Epub 2016 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2016.02.018. PMID: 27046538
Suárez-Roa Mde L, Reveiz L, Ruíz-Godoy Rivera LM, Asbun-Bojalil J, Dávila-Serapio JE, Menjívar-Rubio AH, Meneses-García A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD007404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007404.pub2. PMID: 19821413

Diagnosis

Akinyamoju AO, Soyele OO, Saiki TE, Adesina OM
West Afr J Med 2020 Jan-Mar;37(1):26-31. PMID: 32030708
Balaji P, Balaji SM
Indian J Dent Res 2019 Jan-Feb;30(1):130-132. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_61_19. PMID: 30900672
Ahmad M, Gaalaas L
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Dunlap CL
Semin Diagn Pathol 1999 Nov;16(4):293-6. PMID: 10587271

Therapy

Latorre CG, Atalah CN, Marshall Baburizza M
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2024 Sep;28(3):1029-1045. Epub 2024 Mar 28 doi: 10.1007/s10006-024-01245-y. PMID: 38539018
Rhou YJJ, Wang CJ, Nguyen M, Vanderniet JA, Munns CF, Coleman H, Kim J, Holmes-Walker DJ, Lim L, Girgis CM
Calcif Tissue Int 2022 Apr;110(4):464-474. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s00223-021-00935-z. PMID: 35088118
Richardson J, Stanbouly D, Litman E, Lee KC, Philipone E
J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Sep;123(4):e161-e168. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2021.08.004. PMID: 34411774
Suárez-Roa Mde L, Reveiz L, Ruíz-Godoy Rivera LM, Asbun-Bojalil J, Dávila-Serapio JE, Menjívar-Rubio AH, Meneses-García A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD007404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007404.pub2. PMID: 19821413
de Lange J, van den Akker HP, van den Berg H
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007 Nov;104(5):603-15. Epub 2007 Aug 20 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.04.003. PMID: 17703964

Prognosis

Rhou YJJ, Wang CJ, Nguyen M, Vanderniet JA, Munns CF, Coleman H, Kim J, Holmes-Walker DJ, Lim L, Girgis CM
Calcif Tissue Int 2022 Apr;110(4):464-474. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s00223-021-00935-z. PMID: 35088118
Bezak B, Lehrke H, Elvin J, Gay L, Schembri-Wismayer D, Viozzi C
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017 May;75(5):955-961. Epub 2016 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2016.10.027. PMID: 27883876
Regezi JA
Mod Pathol 2002 Mar;15(3):331-41. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.3880527. PMID: 11904346
Dunlap CL
Semin Diagn Pathol 1999 Nov;16(4):293-6. PMID: 10587271
Mighell AJ, Robinson PA, Hume WJ
Oral Dis 1995 Mar;1(1):12-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1995.tb00151.x. PMID: 7553374

Clinical prediction guides

Latorre CG, Atalah CN, Marshall Baburizza M
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2024 Sep;28(3):1029-1045. Epub 2024 Mar 28 doi: 10.1007/s10006-024-01245-y. PMID: 38539018
Capucha T, Krasovsky A, Abdalla-Aslan R, Ginini JG, Noy D, Emodi O, Rachmiel A, Shilo D
Clin Oral Investig 2024 Mar 7;28(3):200. doi: 10.1007/s00784-024-05585-7. PMID: 38453790Free PMC Article
Rhou YJJ, Wang CJ, Nguyen M, Vanderniet JA, Munns CF, Coleman H, Kim J, Holmes-Walker DJ, Lim L, Girgis CM
Calcif Tissue Int 2022 Apr;110(4):464-474. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s00223-021-00935-z. PMID: 35088118
Miguita L, de Souza JC, Bastos VC, Pereira NB, de Freitas RAB, Guimarães LM, de Avelar GF, Andrade LO, Dutra WO, Nunes FD, Castro WH, de Lacerda JCT, Reis AMS, Bernardes VF, Diniz MG, Gomez RS, Gomes CC
J Oral Pathol Med 2022 Feb;51(2):206-216. Epub 2022 Feb 6 doi: 10.1111/jop.13274. PMID: 35048460
Bezak B, Lehrke H, Elvin J, Gay L, Schembri-Wismayer D, Viozzi C
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017 May;75(5):955-961. Epub 2016 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2016.10.027. PMID: 27883876

Recent systematic reviews

Richardson J, Stanbouly D, Litman E, Lee KC, Philipone E
J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Sep;123(4):e161-e168. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2021.08.004. PMID: 34411774
Alsufyani NA, Aldosary RM, Alrasheed RS, Alsaif RF
Acta Odontol Scand 2021 Mar;79(2):124-131. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1080/00016357.2020.1797160. PMID: 32730731
Lajolo C, Patini R, Limongelli L, Favia G, Tempesta A, Contaldo M, De Corso E, Giuliani M
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2020 Jun;129(6):575-584.e4. Epub 2020 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.02.002. PMID: 32192952
Suárez-Roa Mde L, Reveiz L, Ruíz-Godoy Rivera LM, Asbun-Bojalil J, Dávila-Serapio JE, Menjívar-Rubio AH, Meneses-García A
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD007404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007404.pub2. PMID: 19821413

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