A 35-year-old male patient was similarly referred to Secunderabad Dental Imaging Centre (Hyderabad, India) to undergo routine panoramic radiography. The panorama revealed a cystic cavity on the left side below the second molar and mandibular canal, anterior to the angle of the mandible. () Medical and dental history was not contributory. There was no tenderness on bidigital palpation at the site of the lesion. For further analysis, CBCT restricted to the area of lesion was performed. The results revealed a complete radiolucent lesion that was regular, oval in shape, and well corticated.() The lesion was situated below the mandibular canal and measured 4.7×12.7×16.6 mm (height ×breadth×length).() The long axis of the lesion was situated horizontally in the left side. Cross-sections revealed a mandibular canal within the lesion without any pressure effect.() The patient was asymptomatic and there was no parasthesia or anaesthesia. The buccal wall and the inferior border were intact and there was no expansion (); however, the lingual wall was involved and the inferior border showed some pressure atrophy.\nA radiographic diagnosis of SBC was considered and the patient was recommended for regular follow-up.
Two well demarcated ovoid radiolucent lesions (right, 3.9×1.5 cm and left, 2.9×1.1 cm) were found incidentally in the anterior mandible of a 44-year-old female patient on her panoramic dental X-ray (). The patient did not show any symptom of radiolucencies. The radiological findings were interpreted as radicular cysts. Two fragments of tissue from the cavities were submitted for histological diagnosis. The biopsied tissue fragments showed normal salivary gland tissue with mixed serous and mucinous cells. These findings were otherwise unremarkable, except for the small amount of lymphoid cell infiltration that was discovered (). The clinical, radiological, and pathological findings were consistent with Stafne bone cavity.