A 32 year old man reported to our hospital with the complaints of swelling in the lower half of the face. He also said that this swelling was there for a very long period with occasional numbness.
After thorough clinical, radiological and histopathological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji diagnosed it as odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) involving entire body of the mandible on both right and left side. He planned to remove the entire lytic lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of the mandible in the same surgery. Costochondral graft was harvested from the ribs to reconstruct the mandible. Through intraoral approach, after raising gingivomucoperiosteal flap extending distally, the entire lesion along with the affected portion of mandible was removed in toto. Harvested rib graft was used to reconstruct the defective region of mandible. Patient is very happy to have both removal of lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of mandible in the same surgery.
After thorough clinical, radiological and histopathological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji diagnosed it as odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) involving entire body of the mandible on both right and left side. He planned to remove the entire lytic lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of the mandible in the same surgery. Costochondral graft was harvested from the ribs to reconstruct the mandible. Through intraoral approach, after raising gingivomucoperiosteal flap extending distally, the entire lesion along with the affected portion of mandible was removed in toto. Harvested rib graft was used to reconstruct the defective region of mandible. Patient is very happy to have both removal of lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of mandible in the same surgery.
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