A rare occurance of traumatic bone cyst in a 3 year old child - a case report and review

The traumatic bone cyst (TBC) is one of the uncommon pseudocysts of the jaws. It is a nonepithelial lined cavity affecting the jaw bones and as well as other skeletal bones. The prevalence of TBC is 1% amongst the maxilla-mandibular cystic lesions. The majority of TBCs are located in the mandible. Clinically, the lesion is asymptomatic in the majority of cases and is often accidentally discovered on routine radiological examination usually as an unilocular radiolucent area with a “scalloping effect”. Its etiology is not clear and trauma has not been definitely determined to be the cause. It is seen to occur more in young patients, most frequently during the second decade of life. On the basis of the literature available, here we are presenting a rare occurrence of TBC in a very young girl patient, which is also of possible traumatic origin. The clinical, radiographic and histopathologic features of this cyst have been presented.