Benign mandibular and maxillary lesions in children

The CT criteria for classifying fibrous mandibular and maxillary lesions in adults as benign or malignant are well recognized: irregular soft-tissue margins and bone destruction. This paper reviews the charts of 10 pediatric patients in order to evaluate these criteria in children. The authors evaluated these masses by CT and/or MR imaging based solely on well-recognized and published criteria. Ten patients from three institutions were studied by CT and/or MR imaging. They ranged in age from 4 mo to 18 y. The histologic diagnoses were ameloblastoma (n = 3), hemangioma (n = 2), lymphangioma, desmoplastic fibroma, hemangiopericytoma, neurofibroma, and juvenile angiofibroma