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Lint: nasolabial-cyst-2

Acronyms
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"odontogenic cyst: periapical inflammatory lesion (granuloma, cyst or abscess) that have thinning out the bone; careful examination of the adjacent teeth and testing its vitality can help to rule out this possibility; OPG will show evidence of non-vital tooth with radiolucency"

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Oxford Comma
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"On palpation, there is a non-tender, fluctuant, mobile swelling in the alar region. The soft-tissue swelling may obliterate the nasolabial fold, elevate the ala or the floor of the nose (or both) and fill in the labial vestibule intraorally, with or without nasal obstruction. The lesion may spontaneously rupture and drain orally, nasally or, occasionally via a cutaneous fistula."

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"The differential diagnosis should include odontogenic, developmental and neoplastic lesions."

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"odontogenic cyst: periapical inflammatory lesion (granuloma, cyst or abscess) that have thinning out the bone; careful examination of the adjacent teeth and testing its vitality can help to rule out this possibility; OPG will show evidence of non-vital tooth with radiolucency"

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There Is
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"Treatment is surgical excision through sublabial incision. There is no tendency for recurrence if it was removed completely. Malignant transformation is rare."

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Semicolons
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"odontogenic cyst: periapical inflammatory lesion (granuloma, cyst or abscess) that have thinning out the bone; careful examination of the adjacent teeth and testing its vitality can help to rule out this possibility; OPG will show evidence of non-vital tooth with radiolucency"

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"odontogenic cyst: periapical inflammatory lesion (granuloma, cyst or abscess) that have thinning out the bone; careful examination of the adjacent teeth and testing its vitality can help to rule out this possibility; OPG will show evidence of non-vital tooth with radiolucency"

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