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- Title
Imaging focused on a tooth reveals an unusual mass.
- Authors
Rizzolo, Denise; Medel, Andrea
- Abstract
The article reports on the diagnosis given to a 37-year-old man who experienced decreased sensation in his face and pain in the left lower jaw. It reveals that a panoramic radiography was conducted to a patient where he was diagnosed of Ewing's sarcoma. Ewing's sarcoma is a kind of malignant cancer that affects the bones and is associated with paresthesias. It shows that a surgical excision was performed on the patient to remove the tumor, resection of the jaw bone and chemotherapy.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS; PANORAMIC radiography; EWING'S sarcoma; BONE cancer; PARESTHESIA; SURGICAL excision; DRUG therapy
- Publication
JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Haymarket Media, Inc.), 2009, Vol 22, Issue 5, p59
- ISSN
1547-1896
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/01720610-200905000-00017