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Intraosseous vascular malformation of the mandibular condyle: presentation of a case and differential diagnosis

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Vascular malformations are benign tumors that are characterized by the presence of blood vessels lined by cells with a normal cell turnover. They constitute less than 1 % of all osseous tumors. A central location within the jaws is rare, but the body of the mandible is most often affected. Reports of intraosseous vascular malformations of the mandibular condyle are extremely rare; only eight previous cases have been reported. The purpose of this study is to present a case of a vascular malformation of the condyle with diagnostic images and to discuss the differential diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Dento-alveolar Surgery, Implantology and Radiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Athena Kondylidou-Sidira

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Eva-Maria Dietrich

  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios Koloutsos & Konstantinos Antoniades

  4. Department of Histopathology, General Hospital “G. Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Leonidas Sakkas

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Kondylidou-Sidira, A., Dietrich, EM., Koloutsos, G. et al. Intraosseous vascular malformation of the mandibular condyle: presentation of a case and differential diagnosis. Oral Radiol 28, 150–156 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-012-0090-4

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