“Lesões de células gigantes” dos maxilares: possibilidades e limitações do diagnóstico histológico [Title in english no available]

Abstract

The authors studied the «giant cell lesions» calling attention for the necessity of submit X rays and a good clinic history to the patologist. They believe not in the diferencial diagnosis, in histologic level, between giant cell reparative granuloma and Done manifestations of hyperparatireoidism. In such cases blood chemistry has the last word. They believe in the histologic identification of the true giant cell tumor. Also in the histologic identification of cherubism, but consider easy in this case, the simultaneous study of the x rays and clinical history.