Cysts and tumors of the jaws treated by marsupialization: A description of 4 clinical cases
2019
Since the 4th edition of the World Health Organization’s Classification of Head and Neck Tumours was published
in January of 2017, the keratocystic odontogenic tumor is back into the cyst category as odontogenic keratocyst
(OKC). Depending on the size of the cyst, its location and the patients’ age, several treatment options are available:
curettage, enucleation, radical treatment and marsupialization. The marsupialization is a conservative technique
used in early tumor stages, as curative treatment for the odontogenic cyst. Despite its disadvantages and controversies, the marsupialization remains an interesting therapeutic choice in the case of large cysts, or in very young or old
patients. We describe, in this article, four clinical cases of odontogenic cysts. We report the surgical management
and the subsequent evolution of the patients. The discussion focuses on the indications, advantages and limitations
of the odontogenic cyst’s marsupialization. We review the specific conditions of the odontogenic cysts that could
make the marsupialization the optimal therapeutic option. In our cases, the marsupialization proved to be a conservative technique which allowed the respect of neighboring anatomical structures, particularly in the case of large
cysts, but requires prolonged clinical and radiological monitoring. Pathological entity for our cases was different.
Thus, the treatment outcome may be different too. This series is very small and the reader should be cautious about
drawing broad conclusions regarding the optimal therapeutic choice.
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