Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41498824›Full record

ReviewOral and maxillofacial surgery2026

Intraosseous hair-induced cyst-like lesion of the maxilla associated with trichotillomania: first reported case and review of the literature.

Jay Saepoo, Steven Dorris, Kittiphoj Tikkhanarak, Sherry Timmons, Nidhi Handoo, John Hellstein, Adam Holton, Emily Lanzel

Abstract readCase ReportsReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jay SaepooDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA. jirayu-saepoo@uiowa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3437-0539
Steven DorrisDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-2962-5641
Kittiphoj TikkhanarakDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1719-4103
Sherry TimmonsDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4387-0627
Nidhi HandooDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.
John HellsteinDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9989-9671
Adam HoltonDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.
Emily LanzelDepartment of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, 801 Newton Rd., Iowa city, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-6523

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterotopic hair in the oral cavity is a rare condition, with possible etiologies including prior skin graft reconstruction, oral and maxillofacial trauma, or, in some clinical context, no identifiable cause. We report a case of a patient with trichotillomania who presented with a persistent sinus track opening between teeth #9 and #10 and a well-defined periradicular lesion in the area. Microscopically, it revealed a partially lined cyst-like entity containing terminal hairs, associated with a foreign body-type giant cell reaction. The patient admitted to a habit of repeatedly pulling and plucking her hair, placing it in her mouth, and occasionally pressing it against the area of concern. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intraosseous hair-induced cyst-like entity with foreign body reaction in the anterior maxilla associated with trichotillomania.

Indexed as

HairMaxillary DiseasesTrichotillomaniaFemaleHumansCystForeign body reactionHairOral hairTrichotillomania

Identifiers

PMID41498824
PMCPMC12779652

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.