lingual salivary gland depression
(redirected from static bone cyst)lin·gual sal·i·var·y gland de·pres·sion
an indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which a portion of the submandibular gland lies; it appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency between the mandibular canal and the inferior border of the posterior mandible.
Synonym(s): Stafne bone cyst, static bone cyst
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Stafne,
Edward C., U.S. oral pathologist, 1894-1981.Stafne bone cyst - an indentation on the lingual surface of the mandible within which lies a portion of the submandibular gland. Synonym(s): lingual salivary gland depression
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lin·gual sal·i·var·y gland de·pres·sion
(linggwăl sali-var-ē gland dĕ-preshŭn)Indentation on lingual surface of mandible within which part of submandibular gland lies; appears radiographically as a sharply circumscribed ovoid radiolucency.
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