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Periapical/Radicular Cyst

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Histopath. Diagram👆🏻
Source: Google

Note:

Radiolucent area around the tip of the roots indicate periradicular inflammation.
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Radiographically,
1. Granulomas form small welldefined radiolucencies.
2. A radicular cyst forms a large well-defined radiolucency with or without a radiopaque (hyperostotic) border.
3. Apical abscess form large radiolucencies with diffuse irregular borders.

References: Shafer’sTextbook Of Oral Pathology

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