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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006;132:1266.

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Diagnosis: Stafne bone cyst (also referred to as a Stafne bone cavity or defect)

A Stafne bone cyst is usually an incidental radiologic finding that most often appears as a unilocular lesion with benign cortical thinning in a characteristic location near the angle of the mandible, immediately beneath the inferior alveolar nerve canal.¹ It can occur in any age group but is most common in men in their fifth to seventh decades of life. The prevalence of the Stafne defect within the population ranges from 0.1% to 0.48%, depending on published studies.² Patients are typically asymptomatic at the time of presentation. The defects are most often unilateral but bilateral presentations have been reported.^3-4

The Stafne bone cyst, while not a true cyst, represents a mandibular cortical defect that is thought to be related to an abnormal extension of the submandibular salivary gland. Numerous terms have been used to describe this lesion, including Stafne bone cavity or defect, static bone cavity, developmental bone defect of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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