Clinicopathological evaluation of Odontogenic Cysts in Maysan city in Iraq (retrospective study).

Abstract

Iraqi populations in Maysan general hospital (Maysan -Iraq) and compare this
prevalence with other international studies.
Data of this study were obtained from reports of patients diagnosed with
odontogenic cysts between 2007 and 2010. Case records of patients who fit the
Histological Classification of the World Health Organization (2005) were included.
The following variables were analyzed: gender, age group, anatomical location and
histological type. Odontogenic cysts accounted for 90 % of all lesions biopsied
throughout the study period. Pain feeling and clinical expansion were recorded in
most of our patients. Mean patient age was (28) years and (61%) of the patients were
males. Radicular cyst was the most prevalent histological type (28.75%), followed by
odontogenic keratocyst (25%) then dentigerous cyst (23.75%). The mandible was the
most prevalent site of the lesions (55%).
Odontogenic cysts appear to have a distinct predilection for the male gender, the
third decade of life and are more frequent in the mandible. Awareness about the
prevalence and characteristics of odontogenic cysts is important in primary diagnosis
and treatment of these lesions.