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Unilateral giant cell lesion of the jaw in Noonan syndrome Cover

Unilateral giant cell lesion of the jaw in Noonan syndrome

Open Access
|Mar 2014

Abstract

Noonan syndrome (NS) is an etiologically heterogeneous disorder caused by mutations in the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway. Noonan-Like/Multiple Giant Cell Lesion (NL/MGCL) syndrome is initially described as the occurrence of multiple gnathic giant cell lesions in patients with phenotypic features of NS. Nowadays, NS/MGCL syndrome is considered a variant of the NS spectrum rather than a distinct entity. We report the case of a 14-year-old female patient carrying a SOS1 mutation with a unilateral giant cell lesion of the right mandible. Cross-sectional imaging such as CT and MRI are not specific for the diagnosis of oral giant cell lesions. Nonetheless, intralesional scattered foci of low SI on T2-WI, corresponding to hemosiderin deposits due to hemorrhage, can help the radiologist in narrowing down the differential diagnosis of gnathic lesions in patients with NS.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.20 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Published on: Mar 1, 2014
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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© 2014 M Eyselbergs, F Vanhoenacker, J Hintjens, M Dom, K Devriendt, H Van Dijck, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.