ArticleOral radiology2021
Investigation of the effectiveness of CBCT and gray scale values in the differential diagnosis of apical cysts and granulomas.
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- CBCT Image Superimposition for Longitudinal Monitoring of Mandibular Cyst Healing: A Technical Note.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Relationship between Voxel Value of Cone Beam CT and Hounsfield Unit of CT: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in dentistry · 2026Article
- Accuracy of Grayscale Value in Diagnosis of Odontogenic Keratocyst and Radicular Cyst.Frontiers in dentistry · 2026Article
- Impact of apical foramen diameter on periapical lesion volume and sphericity: a retrospective cone-beam computed tomography study.Oral radiology · 2026Article
- Pseudo-color enhancement of CBCT images as a diagnostic tool for radicular cysts and periapical granulomas: A clinical feasibility study.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Differentiation of radicular cysts and radicular granulomas via texture analysis of multi-slice computed tomography images.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2024Article
- Assessment of bone regeneration after maxillary radicular cyst enucleation with or without bone grafting materials: a retrospective cohort study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- The Paradigm of the Inflammatory Radicular Cyst: Biological Aspects to be Considered.European endodontic journal · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cone-beam CT (CBCT) findings and gray scale values (GSV) in the differential diagnosis of apical cysts and granulomas.
methodsTwo independent researchers retrospectively analyzed the CBCT images of 21 teeth and histopathologically diagnosed them as having radicular cysts or apical granulomas. In the CBCT images, apical lesions were evaluated and categorized according to 7 criteria. These criteria were determined as relationship of lesions with dental roots, periphery of the lesion, shape, darker focus in the center, root resorption, displacement in related teeth, and cortical bone perforation. In addition, the minimum and maximum gray scale values of the lesions were measured and compared.
resultsThere was a statistically significant relationship between histopathological (HP) diagnosis and well-defined cortical border and lesion shape (p = 0.003, p = 0.014, respectively). According to the HP diagnosis, no statistically significant difference was found among other variables (p > 0.05)
conclusionThe presence of a well-defined cortical border or partial cortical border is a distinctive criterion for cysts. Additionally, the shape of the lesion was found to be a significant criterion for the separation of the two lesions. The shape of cystic lesions was circular and apical granulomas had a more curved shape. There was no relationship between the histopathological diagnosis of lesions and CBCT gray scale values.
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