Two Cystic Radiolucencies in the Mandible of a 16-Year-Old Boy

question 16

Multiple Choice

Two cystic radiolucencies in the mandible of a 16-year-old boy were lined by thin parakeratinized epithelium showing palisading of basal cells. All teeth were vital and the patient had no symptoms. This patient has which of the following?

• A) Odontogenic keratocysts
• B) Periapical granulomas
• C) Periapical cysts
• D) Traumatic bone cysts
• E) Central mucoepidermoid carcinomas

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