Diseases

Cherubism

A fibro-osseous hereditary disease of the jaws. The swollen jaws and raised eyes give a cherubic appearance; multiple radiolucencies are evident upon radiographic examination.

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Abstract

A fibro-osseous hereditary disease of the jaws. The swollen jaws and raised eyes give a cherubic appearance; multiple radiolucencies are evident upon radiographic examination.

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  • Familial Benign Giant-Cell Tumor of the Jaw
  • Familial Fibrous Dysplasia of Jaw
  • Familial Multilocular Cystic Disease of the Jaws

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cherubism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002636
  2. Cherubism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherubism
  3. Cherubism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568865