
Non-odontogenic jaw lesions represent a wide spectrum of pathologies that include benign inflammatory/infectious lesions, as well as more aggressive malignant lesions such as tumors. The classification of non-odontogenic mandibular lesions must be taken into account according to their histology since they may have a hematological origin (plasmacytoma), derived from fat (lipoma), neoplastic (osteosarcoma...) etc.
The following is a list of the lesions that will be discussed below, categorized according to their histological origin:
- Benign Mesenchymal Lesions:
- Fibrous Lesions:
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Lipomatous Lesions:
- Lipoma.
- Vascular Lesions:
- Hemangioma.
- Histiocytic Lesions:
- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.
- Benign Cartilaginous Lesions:
- Chondroma.
- Benign Bone Lesions:
- Osteochondroma.
- Osteonecrosis.
- Cystic Lesions:
- Bone Cysts:
- Simple Bone Cyst.
- Soft Tissue Cysts:
- Stafne Bone Cyst.
- Malignant Lesions:
- Primary Bone Cancers:
- Osteosarcoma.
- Epithelial Malignancies:
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).
- Plasmacytic Lesions:
- Plasmacytoma.
- Metastatic lesions:
- Metastatic Carcinoma.