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June 2008: Fast-growing soft tissue lesion posterior mandible
Dolphine Oda, BDS, MSc
doda@u.washington.edu
Contributed by
Drs. Patricia Kelly and Mark Egbert
University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital
Case Summary and Diagnostic Information
This is a 13-year old white male who presented with a rapidly growing swelling of the left posterior mandible (Figures 1), area of teeth #s 19-21 of one month’s duration with significant displacement of teeth and completely covering tooth # 20.
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