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Guimarães LM, Baumhoer D, Andrei V, Friedel D, Koelsche C, Gomez RS, von Deimling A, Gomes CC. DNA methylation profile discriminates sporadic giant cell granulomas of the jaws and cherubism from their giant cell-rich histological mimics. J Pathol Clin Res 2023; 9:464-474. [PMID: 37555357 PMCID: PMC10556276 DOI: 10.1002/cjp2.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Sporadic giant cell granulomas (GCGs) of the jaws and cherubism-associated giant cell lesions share histopathological features and microscopic diagnosis alone can be challenging. Additionally, GCG can morphologically closely resemble other giant cell-rich lesions, including non-ossifying fibroma (NOF), aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), giant cell tumour of bone (GCTB), and chondroblastoma. The epigenetic basis of these giant cell-rich tumours is unclear and DNA methylation profiling has been shown to be clinically useful for the diagnosis of other tumour types. Therefore, we aimed to assess the DNA methylation profile of central and peripheral sporadic GCG and cherubism to test whether DNA methylation patterns can help to distinguish them. Additionally, we compared the DNA methylation profile of these lesions with those of other giant cell-rich mimics to investigate if the microscopic similarities extend to the epigenetic level. DNA methylation analysis was performed for central (n = 10) and peripheral (n = 10) GCG, cherubism (n = 6), NOF (n = 10), ABC (n = 16), GCTB (n = 9), and chondroblastoma (n = 10) using the Infinium Human Methylation EPIC Chip. Central and peripheral sporadic GCG and cherubism share a related DNA methylation pattern, with those of peripheral GCG and cherubism appearing slightly distinct, while central GCG shows overlap with both of the former. NOF, ABC, GCTB, and chondroblastoma, on the other hand, have distinct methylation patterns. The global and enhancer-associated CpG DNA methylation values showed a similar distribution pattern among central and peripheral GCG and cherubism, with cherubism showing the lowest and peripheral GCG having the highest median values. By contrast, promoter regions showed a different methylation distribution pattern, with cherubism showing the highest median values. In conclusion, DNA methylation profiling is currently not capable of clearly distinguishing sporadic and cherubism-associated giant cell lesions. Conversely, it could discriminate sporadic GCG of the jaws from their giant cell-rich mimics (NOF, ABC, GCTB, and chondroblastoma).
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- Letícia Martins Guimarães
- Department of Pathology, Biological Science InstituteUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Bone Tumor Reference Centre, Institute of PathologyUniversity Hospital Basel and University of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Bone Tumor Reference Centre, Institute of PathologyUniversity Hospital Basel and University of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of PathologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of PathologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of General Pathology, Institute of PathologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
- Institute of Pathology, Faculty of MedicineLMU MunichMunichGermany
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- Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of DentistryUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of PathologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)HeidelbergGermany
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- Department of Pathology, Biological Science InstituteUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)Belo HorizonteMinas GeraisBrazil
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Brooks PJ, Glogauer M, McCulloch CA. An Overview of the Derivation and Function of Multinucleated Giant Cells and Their Role in Pathologic Processes. Am J Pathol 2019; 189:1145-1158. [PMID: 30926333 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Monocyte lineage cells play important roles in health and disease. Their differentiation into macrophages is crucial for a broad array of immunologic processes that regulate inflammation, neoplasia, and infection. In certain pathologic conditions, such as foreign body reactions and peripheral inflammatory lesions, monocytes fuse to form large, multinucleated giant cells (MGCs). Currently, our knowledge of the fusion mechanisms of monocytes and the regulation of MGC formation and function in discrete pathologies is limited. Herein, we consider the types and function of MGCs in disease and assess the mechanisms by which monocyte fusion contributes to the formation of MGCs. An improved understanding of the cellular origins and metabolic functions of MGCs will facilitate their identification and ultimately the treatment of diseases and disorders that involve MGCs.
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- Patricia J Brooks
- Matrix Dynamics Group, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Matrix Dynamics Group, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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We utilized a bone marrow stromal culture system to investigate changes in TGFβ signaling in a mouse model for cherubism (Sh3bp2KI/KI). Interestingly, bone marrow cultures derived from cherubism mice not only displayed impaired osteoblast differentiation, but also had spontaneous osteoclast formation. PAI1, a target gene of TGFβ signaling, was elevated 2-fold in cherubism CD11b-,CD45- cells compared to wild type cells, while the expression of BAMBI, an inhibitor of TGFβ signaling, was down-regulated. We also discovered that treatment of cherubism cultures with antagonists of the TGFβ signaling pathway could largely rescue osteoblast differentiation and markedly reduce spontaneous osteoclast formation. Treatment with the type I TGFβ receptor small molecule inhibitor SB505124 increased osteoblast reporter gene Col1a1-2.3 expression 24-fold and increased the expression of osteoblast gene markers Osterix (Sp7) 25-fold, Bone Sialoprotein (BSP) 7-fold, Osteocalcin (Bglap1) 100-fold, and Dentin Matrix Protein 1 (DMP1) 35-fold. In contrast, SB505124 treatment resulted in a significant reductions in osteoclast number and size. Gene expression analyses for RANKL, a positive regulator of osteoclast formation was 2.5-fold higher in osteoblast cultures derived from Sh3bp2KI/KI mice compared to wild type cultures, whereas OPG, an inhibitor of RANKL was 5-fold lower. However, SB505124 treatment reduced RANKL almost back down to wild type levels, while increasing OPG expression. Our studies also implicate a role for TGFβ ligands in the etiology of cherubism. Blocking of TGFβ ligands with the monoclonal antibody 1D11 increased Col1a1-2.3 reporter expression 4-fold and 13-fold in cultures derived from Sh3bp2KI/+ and Sh3bp2KI/KI mice, respectively. Serum levels of latent TGFβ1 were also 2-fold higher in SH3BP2KI/KI mice compared to wild type littermates. Taken together, these studies provide evidence that elevated levels of TGFβ signaling may contribute to the disease phenotype of cherubism and a reduction in pathway activity may be an effective therapeutic approach to treat this rare disease.
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- Yaling Liu
- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, Farmington CT, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
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Ueki Y. [Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis of Cherubism]. Clin Calcium 2016; 26:918-926. [PMID: 27230848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Study of rare genetic disorder often provides fundamental insights into the pathology of common diseases. Cherubism is a rare craniofacial disorder in children characterized by the destruction of maxillary and mandibular bones due to expansile fibrous inflammatory lesions. Genetic study of cherubism families discovered that gain-of-function mutations in the signaling adaptor protein SH3BP2 are responsible for cherubism. Analysis of the mouse model revealed that cherubism is an autoinflammatory disorder that is caused by dysregulated signaling pathway mediated by toll-like receptors and spleen tyrosine kinase. Recent study of the SH3BP2-deficient mice showed that SH3BP2 plays important roles in bone resorption in mouse models of inflammatory arthritis. These results establish SH3BP2 as a key player in the osteoimmune system beyond its role in a rare inherited disorder and suggest that the signaling pathway mediated by SH3BP2 is involved in the pathogenesis of common inflammatory bone diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
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- Yasuyoshi Ueki
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Bone Biology Research Program,University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry, USA
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Friedrich RE, Scheuer HA, Zustin J, Grob T. Cherubism: A Case Report with Surgical Intervention. Anticancer Res 2016; 36:3109-3115. [PMID: 27272835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Cherubism is a rare benign, autosomal-dominant hereditary fibro-osseous condition predominantly affecting the jaws. Symmetrical cyst-like expansions of the jaws cause the characteristic facial swellings. The disease is often associated with severe malposition of teeth. The gene for cherubism is src homology 3 binding protein 2 (SH3BP2) located on chromosome 4p16.3. The repeated experience of this self-limiting disorder in affected individuals published in the medical literature has resulted in a wait-and-see strategy regarding therapeutic options. Indeed, cessation and regression of even large bone expansions can be expected in early adulthood. Nevertheless, severe facial disfiguring and functional impairment can make surgical intervention necessary. This report details the surgical procedures carried out in a patient with progressive and disfiguring jaw expansions at the end of adolescence, the mutation of SH3BP2 gene, and the limited effect of surgically assisted orthodontic tooth movement in a patient with disease-associated impaired tooth development and tooth eruption.
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- Reinhard E Friedrich
- Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Eppendorf University Hospital, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthodontics, Eppendorf University Hospital, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Eppendorf University Hospital, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Yoshitaka T, Kittaka M, Ishida S, Mizuno N, Mukai T, Ueki Y. Bone marrow transplantation improves autoinflammation and inflammatory bone loss in SH3BP2 knock-in cherubism mice. Bone 2015; 71:201-9. [PMID: 25445458 PMCID: PMC4274253 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cherubism (OMIM#118400) is a genetic disorder in children characterized by excessive jawbone destruction with proliferation of fibro-osseous lesions containing a large number of osteoclasts. Mutations in the SH3-domain binding protein 2 (SH3BP2) are responsible for cherubism. Analysis of the knock-in (KI) mouse model of cherubism showed that homozygous cherubism mice (Sh3bp2(KI/KI)) spontaneously develop systemic autoinflammation and inflammatory bone loss and that cherubism is a TNF-α-dependent hematopoietic disorder. In this study, we investigated whether bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is effective for the treatment of inflammation and bone loss in Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice. Bone marrow (BM) cells from wild-type (Sh3bp2(+/+)) mice were transplanted to 6-week-old Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice with developing inflammation and to 10-week-old Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice with established inflammation. Six-week-old Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice transplanted with Sh3bp2(+/+) BM cells exhibited improved body weight loss, facial swelling, and survival rate. Inflammatory lesions in the liver and lung as well as bone loss in calvaria and mandibula were ameliorated at 10weeks after BMT compared to Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice transplanted with Sh3bp2(KI/KI) BM cells. Elevation of serum TNF-α levels was not detected after BMT. BMT was effective for up to 20weeks in 6-week-old Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice transplanted with Sh3bp2(+/+) BM cells. BMT also ameliorated the inflammation and bone loss in 10-week-old Sh3bp2(KI/KI) mice. Thus our study demonstrates that BMT improves the inflammation and bone loss in cherubism mice. BMT may be effective for the treatment of cherubism patients.
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- Teruhito Yoshitaka
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA; Department of Periodontal Medicine, Division of Applied Life Science, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan.
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA; Department of Periodontal Medicine, Division of Applied Life Science, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734, Japan.
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
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Thompson LD. Cherubism. Ear Nose Throat J 2015; 94:22-24. [PMID: 25606831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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- Lester D Thompson
- Department of Pathology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills Medical Center, Woodland Hills, CA, USA
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Dyasanoor S, Naik S. Clinicoradiologic features of cherubism: a case report and literature review. Gen Dent 2014; 62:e12-e15. [PMID: 25184726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cherubism is a rare, hereditary, nonneoplastic bone disease. It is characterized by clinically evident bilateral, painless enlargements of the jaws that are said to give the patient a "chubby" appearance. This article presents a case of cherubism in a 5-year-old girl with painless bilateral swelling. Panoramic radiographs and a computed tomography scan showed bilateral multilocular radiolucent areas with cortical expansion. Histopathologic examination revealed proliferating fibrous connective tissue containing numerous multinucleated giant cells.
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Dincă O, Severin E, Vlădan C, Bodnar DC, Bucur A. Cherubism: a case report. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2014; 55:655-658. [PMID: 25178340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cherubism is a familial benign fibro-osseous disease of the jaws. On radiography, the lesions exhibit bilateral multinuclear radiolucent areas. Histopathology reveals multinucleated giant cells in the background of proliferating fibrous connective tissue. Mutations in the SH3BP2 gene are identified as the cause of cherubism. A 12-year-old girl with prominence of the lower face was investigated. Her chief complaint was her facial appearance with asymmetrical swelling of the cheeks. Clinical and radiographic examinations, and biopsy, biochemical analysis and genetic investigations were performed.
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- Octavian Dincă
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;
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Hero M, Suomalainen A, Hagström J, Stoor P, Kontio R, Alapulli H, Arte S, Toiviainen-Salo S, Lahdenne P, Mäkitie O. Anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment in cherubism--clinical, radiological and histological findings in two children. Bone 2013; 52:347-53. [PMID: 23069372 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cherubism is a rare and disfiguring genetic disorder with excessive bone resorption and multilocular lesions in the mandible and/or maxilla. The disease-causing gain-of-function mutations in the SH3-binding protein 2 (SH3BP2) gene result in increased myeloid cell responses to macrophage colony stimulating factor and RANK ligand, formation of hyperactive osteoclasts (giant cells), and hyper-reactive macrophages that produce excessive amounts of the inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α). Recent findings in the cherubism mouse model suggest that TNF-α plays a major role in disease pathogenesis and that removal of TNF-α prevents development of the bone phenotype. We treated two children with cherubism with the TNF-α antagonist adalimumab for approximately 2.5 years and collected extensive clinical, radiological and histological follow-up data during the treatment. Histologically the treatment resulted in a significant reduction in the number of multinucleated giant cells and TNF-α staining positivity in both patients. As evaluated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the lesions in Patient 1 showed either moderate enlargement (mandibular symphysis) or remained stable (mandibular rami and body, the maxilla). In Patient 2, the lesions in mandibular symphysis showed enlargement during the first 8 months of treatment, and thereafter the lesions remained unchanged. Bone formation and resorption markers remained unaffected. The treatment was well tolerated. Based on our findings, TNF-α antagonist may decrease the formation of pathogenic giant cells, but does not result in lesion regression or prevent lesion expansion in active cherubism. TNF-α modulator treatment thus does not appear to provide sufficient amelioration for patients suffering from cherubism.
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- M Hero
- Childrens' Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Lucas Tomás M, Sanz Serrula J, De Lucas M, De Lucas I. [Giant cell in maxillary pseudotumors]. An R Acad Nac Med (Madr) 2011; 128:49-68. [PMID: 23350337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A research on lesions apparently tumorous that appear on jawbones and are not exactly tumors is developed. These lesions are clinically silent, although they produce deformity and, perhaps because of that, an early diagnosis with biopsy or other procedures is needed. The image research can be very characteristic or otherwise, it can be very complex, non specific and not provide everything expected to make the diagnosis. The difference between radiolucent and radiopaque images that produce the querubism-fibrous displasia, prove both extremes in which the diagnosis judgment made by image can or cannot be significant. We have to highlight the presence of giant cells with an osteoclastic nature in most of these pseudo tumorous lesions.
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BACKGROUND Cherubism is characterized by hereditary and intraosseous fibrous swellings of the jaws. It presents with bilateral mandibular and maxillary involvement in young individuals. Fine needle aspiration cytologic (FNAC) features have rarely been described in the literature; they include smears showing moderate cellularity with spindle cells mixed with multinucleated giant cells of osteoclast type. Therefore, giant cell containing soft tissue and bone lesions are considered in the differential diagnosis. CASE A 13-year-old girl presented with bilateral symmetrical mandibular enlargement and was diagnosed as having cherubism on FNAC. CONCLUSION We describe the cytomorphologic features of cherubism along with its differential diagnosis on cytology and emphasize that with clinicoradiologic correlation, a specific diagnosis can be offered for a definitive therapeutic approach.
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- Nalini Gupta
- Department of Cytopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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Within the framework of a broad definition of the extracellular matrix (ECM), this review discusses three genetic disorders in which major pathogenetic features have been traced back to alterations in the levels/activities of matrix components. In each case, disease-associated alterations are found both intra- and extracellularly. The nature of the ECM involvement is surprising, offers an exciting therapeutic opportunity, and deepens our understanding of ECM-cell interactions. The first of these disorders, cherubism, is a case of inflammatory bone loss in the jaws of children for reasons that are surprisingly systemic in nature, considering the local nature of the disease. The primary defect involves an intracellular signaling molecule, but a major pathogenetic component and therapeutic target of the disease is the extracellular cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha. The second disorder, Knobloch syndrome, is caused by recessive mutations in collagen XVIII. Although this protein has been classified as belonging to a group of structural macromolecules, the consequence of the mutations is impairment of cellular metabolism. The third disorder, infantile hemangioma, is a common tumor of capillary endothelial cells in infancy. The tumor appears within a few days/weeks after birth, grows rapidly over several months, and regresses over several years. The proliferative phase is the result of constitutively high levels of vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF)-dependent signaling through VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), but recent studies have led to the surprising conclusion that abnormalities in a cell-surface receptor complex controlling expression of the VEGF decoy receptor VEGFR1 is the underlying cause.
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- Claudia Nicolae
- Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Tosios KI, Gopalakrishnan R, Koutlas IG. So-called hybrid central odontogenic fibroma/central giant cell lesion of the jaws. A report on seven additional cases, including an example in a patient with cherubism, and hypotheses on the pathogenesis. Head Neck Pathol 2008; 2:333-8. [PMID: 20614305 PMCID: PMC2807578 DOI: 10.1007/s12105-008-0076-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Central odontogenic fibroma (COF) is characterized by poor to cellular fibroblastic proliferation and a variable odontogenic epithelial (OE) component. Central giant cell lesions (CGCL) are osteolytic fibroblastic proliferations characterized by osteoclast-like multinucleated giant cells (MGC). Rare examples of hybrid COF/CGCL have been described. Two pathogenetic theories prevail based on clinicopathologic characteristics. One regards the CGCL component as reactive to the COF, while the other regards the CGCL as inductive of a COF-like proliferation. The possibility of colliding tumors seems unlikely. METHODS AND MATERIALS Seven patients with hCOF/CGCL, among them one with cherubism, were studied. Immunohistochemistry for cytokeratin 19 was applied to better appreciate the epithelial component. RESULTS Six patients were males and one female and their age ranged from 15 to 73 years old. All lesions occurred in the premolars and molars of the mandible and presented as radiolucencies with primarily well-delineated borders. All patients underwent surgical excision and recurrences have not been reported to this date in 6 out of 7 patients (mean follow-up 60.6+/-36.25 months). The COF component predominated in 3 cases and the CGCL component in 3. Zones of collagen fibers featuring a whorling pattern and containing multiple nests of OE were present. In four cases there were hyalinized deposits in OE, while some foci of MGC contained few OE. CONCLUSIONS Gender predilection in our series is in contrast with previously published reports. However, when all previously reported cases are reviewed there is still female predilection. The predominant site, as previously reported, is the tooth-bearing areas of the posterior mandible. This is the first report of hCOF/CGCL in cherubism. The pathogenesis of hCOF/CGCG remains obscure and molecular interactions would be of interest to be investigated.
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- Konstantinos I. Tosios
- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street SE, 16-108A, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street SE, 16-108A, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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Roginsky VV, Ivanov AL, Ovtchinnikov IA, Khonsari RH. Familial cherubism: the experience of the Moscow Central Institute for Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008; 38:218-23. [PMID: 19038533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2007] [Revised: 07/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Central Institute for Stomatology and Maxillo-facial Surgery in Moscow is one the main centers for the treatment of pediatric head and neck tumors in the territory of the former Soviet Union. A series of 33 patients presenting with cherubism (24 children and 9 of their parents) is presented. The authors discuss the atypical clinical presentations, the relevant associated anomalies and the different treatment strategies. They report the first case of cherubism associated with gingival hypertrophy without neurological signs.
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- V V Roginsky
- Central Institute for Stomatology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Moscow, Russia
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van Capelle CI, Hogeman PHG, van der Sijs-Bos CJM, Heggelman BGF, Idowu B, Slootweg PJ, Wittkampf ARM, Flanagan AM. Neurofibromatosis presenting with a cherubism phenotype. Eur J Pediatr 2007; 166:905-9. [PMID: 17120035 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0334-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 10/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report on a child who presented clinical manifestations of both neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and cherubism. With genetic testing, we found a mutation in the NF-1 gene, confirming the neurocutaneous disorder. Histology when correlated with radiological evaluation of a mandibular biopsy was consistent with cherubism. This is the first report in the literature of a child with proven neurofibromatosis type 1 and cherubism without extragnathic lesions. This emphasises that cherubism is a clinical phenotype that can be associated with a number of germline mutations involving SH3BP2, PTPN11 and NF1.
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- C I van Capelle
- Department of Pediatrics, Meander Medisch Centrum, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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Giant cell tumor of bone and giant cell reparative granuloma are benign lesions with prominent giant (multinucleated) cells, and an understanding of the molecular biology and genetics of these lesions will likely aid in more effective treatment. Cherubism is a benign lesion of the maxilla and mandible histologically similar to giant cell tumor of bone and giant cell reparative granuloma. Germline mutations in exon 9 of the gene encoding Src homology 3 binding protein 2 (SH3BP2) occur in most patients with cherubism. We therefore hypothesized SH3BP2 and its putative downstream effector nuclear factor of activated T cells c1 isoform (NFATc1) are highly expressed in sporadic nonsyndromic giant cell lesions and associated with somatic SH3BP2 mutations. We analyzed giant cell lesions for SH3BP2 and NFATc1 expression by RNA blot and/or immunohistochemistry and for exon 9 SH3BP2 mutations. We found the SH3BP2 transcripts and protein were abundantly expressed in giant cell tumors of bone, as well as NFATc1 protein. Sequencing of exon 9 of SH3BP2 was normal in all sporadic nonsyndromic giant cell lesions. Although many multinucleated giant cell lesions of bone share histologic features, the primary genetic defect in cherubism and these other giant cell lesions appears different.
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- Steven A Lietman
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Cancino CMH, Gaião L, Sant'Ana Filho M, Oliveira FAM. Giant cell lesions with a Noonan-like phenotype: a case report. J Contemp Dent Pract 2007; 8:67-73. [PMID: 17486189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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AIM The purpose of this article is to describe a case of multiple giant cell lesions of the mandible that occurred in a 14-year-old girl with phenotypic characteristics associated with Noonan Syndrome (NS). BACKGROUND NS is a dysmorphic disorder characterized by hypertelorism, short stature, congenital heart defects, short and webbed neck, skeletal anomalies, and bleeding diathesis. REPORT A 14-year-old girl with a previous diagnosis of NS (sporadic case) presented with multiple radiolucent lesions in the body and ramus of her mandible. SUMMARY In terms of clinical behavior and the described radiographic characteristics, giant cells lesions with Noonan-like phenotype can be considered a form of cherubism. Therefore, surgical intervention is not necessary, but radiographic follow-up and observation is very important during the control and gradual regression of the lesions.
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Carvalho Silva E, Carvalho Silva GC, Vieira TC. Cherubism: Clinicoradiographic Features, Treatment, and Long-Term Follow-Up of 8 Cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007; 65:517-22. [PMID: 17307601 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Revised: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Edgard Carvalho Silva
- Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Cherubism is a benign disease of bones affecting the jaws and giving a characteristic cherubic appearance to the patient. On radiography, the lesions exhibit bilateral multilocular radiolucent areas. Histopathology shows numerous multinucleated giant cells in the background of proliferating fibrous connective tissue. Cherubism can be a solitary case. The present report describe cherubism in two siblings and briefly review the literature on this subject.
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- D Sarda
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Muncipal General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashatra, India
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Mutations in the SH3-domain binding protein 2 (SH3BP2) are known to cause a rare childhood disorder called cherubism that is characterized by inflammation and bone loss in the jaw, but the mechanism has remained unclear. In this issue, Ueki et al. (Ueki et al., 2007) now demonstrate that a cherubism mutation activates mouse Sh3bp2 resulting in enhanced production of the cytokine TNF-alpha by myeloid cells, leading to both bone loss and inflammation.
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- Deborah Veis Novack
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Ueki Y, Lin CY, Senoo M, Ebihara T, Agata N, Onji M, Saheki Y, Kawai T, Mukherjee PM, Reichenberger E, Olsen BR. Increased myeloid cell responses to M-CSF and RANKL cause bone loss and inflammation in SH3BP2 "cherubism" mice. Cell 2007; 128:71-83. [PMID: 17218256 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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While studies of the adaptor SH3BP2 have implicated a role in receptor-mediated signaling in mast cells and lymphocytes, they have failed to identify its function or explain why SH3BP2 missense mutations cause bone loss and inflammation in patients with cherubism. We demonstrate that Sh3bp2 "cherubism" mice exhibit trabecular bone loss, TNF-alpha-dependent systemic inflammation, and cortical bone erosion. The mutant phenotype is lymphocyte independent and can be transferred to mice carrying wild-type Sh3bp2 alleles through mutant fetal liver cells. Mutant myeloid cells show increased responses to M-CSF and RANKL stimulation, and, through mechanisms of increased ERK 1/2 and SYK phosphorylation/activation, they form macrophages that express high levels of TNF-alpha and osteoclasts that are unusually large. M-CSF and RANKL stimulation of myeloid cells that overexpress wild-type SH3BP2 results in similar large osteoclasts. This indicates that the mutant phenotype reflects gain of SH3BP2 function and suggests that SH3BP2 is a critical regulator of myeloid cell responses to M-CSF and RANKL stimulation.
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- Yasuyoshi Ueki
- Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Khader RN, Papageorge MB, Kahn M. A clinico-pathologic correlation. Cherubism. J Mass Dent Soc 2007; 56:40-42. [PMID: 18069593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Ruba N Khader
- ral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA
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Wang CN, Song YL, Jiang Y, Lu DH, Bian Z. [Clinicopathologic analysis and genetic investigation of two families with cherubism]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2006; 41:416-9. [PMID: 17067459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study genetic feature, clinical and histopathological characteristic of two Chinese kindreds with cherubism (CBM). METHODS Two Chinese kindreds with CBM were investigated. The affected individuals of two families were analyzed with medical history, clinical manifestations, classified grading system, radiographic assessment, histopathological findings, and hereditary nature. RESULTS There were 2 individuals affected with CBM in family A and 3 patients involving three generations in family B. Two probands were diagnosed aggressive form cherubism and classified as grade IV. In histopathological findings, besides varying numbers of multinucleated giant cells in a stroma of fibroblasts and the eosinophilic cuffing surrounding some vessels, actively proliferating areas with clear mitoschisis and relative dormant areas with loose fibrous tissue and bone were also presented in microscopic fields of the lesion. CONCLUSIONS Cherubism is caused by autosomal dominant inheritance. The diagnosis should be based on the genetic, clinical, radiological, and pathological aspects of the disease.
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- Chang-ning Wang
- Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Peñarrocha M, Bonet J, Mínguez JM, Bagán JV, Vera F, Mínguez I. Cherubism: a clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic comparison of 7 cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006; 64:924-30. [PMID: 16713807 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Cherubism is an uncommon fibro-osseous disorder of the jaws that presents with varying degrees of involvement and a tendency toward spontaneous remission. Lesions are characterized by replacement of bone with fibrovascular tissue containing abundant multinucleated giant cells. We attempted to study the relationships among the degree of cherubism, the radiographic extent of the jaw lesions, the histopathologic findings, and the clinical course of 7 patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS In 7 patients diagnosed with cherubism, we evaluated the degree of fibrosis and perivascular cuffing, the presence of focal hemosiderin deposits, and giant multinucleated cell density (absent, few, moderate, or severe). Clinical course and progression were also assessed using a 4-point scale (improvement, no changes, modest progression, and marked progression). RESULTS The patients were followed up for an average of 8.5 years. Two patients exhibited clinical and radiographic improvement, while 3 showed no changes, and 2 progressed despite surgical treatment in 1 of them. CONCLUSION The course of cherubism in 1 of our patients may represent evidence of an association between the presence of abundant multinucleated giant cells, an increased extent of the lesions, and a more aggressive behavior of the disease.
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- Miguel Peñarrocha
- Oral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain.
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Wang C, Song Y, Peng B, Fan M, Li J, Zhu S, Bian Z. Expression of c-Src and comparison of cytologic features in cherubism, central giant cell granuloma and giant cell tumors. Oncol Rep 2006; 15:589-94. [PMID: 16465417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Cherubism (CBM) and central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) of the jaw and giant cell tumor (GCT) of the long bone are clinically different diseases. Histologically, they are all multinucleated giant cell (MGC)-containing lesions. This study aims to evaluate the expression of c-Src and cytologic features in CBM, CGCG and GCT and to clarify whether there is a common mechanism underlying the formation of multi-nucleated giant cells (MGCs) in these lesions. Specimens and paraffin blocks were collected from patients with CBM (12 cases), CGCG (24 cases) and GCT (37 cases). Histomorpho-metric differences in MGCs were compared among the three types of lesions. The expression of c-Src by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization and the expression of TRAP by enzyme histochemical staining were examined. Expression of c-Src mRNA and protein, as well as TRAP staining, was detected in both MGCs and a fraction of mononuclear cells in all investigated lesions. There are no quantitative differences for cytologic features and c-Src expression among the lesions. The results suggested that CBM, CGCG and GCT have overlapping cytological features at the histological level, and c-Src may be involved in the formation of MGCs in the three different diseases.
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- Changning Wang
- Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, P.R. China
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Wang CN, Song YL, Peng B, Lu DH, Fan MW, Li J, Ye XQ, Fan HL, Bian Z. The aggressive form of cherubism: report of two cases in unrelated families. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005; 44:322-4. [PMID: 16310907 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2005] [Accepted: 10/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cherubism is a benign lesion that causes painless symmetrical enlargement of the jaws, usually with a familial tendency. We describe in two Chinese families two cases of the aggressive form of cherubism with extensive swelling on both sides of the mandible, typical microscopic findings, and apparent familial history.
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- C N Wang
- Key Lab. for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Gomes MF, de Souza Setúbal Destro MF, de Freitas Banzi EC, dos Santos SH, Claro FA, de Oliveira Nogueira T. Aggressive behaviour of cherubism in a teenager: 4-years of clinical follow-up associated with radiographic and histological features. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2005; 34:313-8. [PMID: 16120883 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/32866350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Cherubism is a rare hereditary fibro-osseous childhood disease characterized by bone degradation and fibrous tissue replacement at the angles of the mandible and at the tuberosity areas of the maxilla that leads to prominence of the lower face and an appearance reminiscent of the cherub's portrayal in Renaissance art. This disease has an autosomal dominant hereditary characteristic. The purpose of this report is to analyse laboratory tests, clinicopathological and radiographic features of cherubism and its intraoral manifestations in a patient during 4-years of follow-up, correlating the features observed in this case with those of the literature. Also discussed is the atypical and aggressive behaviour of this case during puberty.
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- M F Gomes
- Faculdade de Odontologia de São José dos Campos, UNESP, Departamento de Biociências e Diagnóstico Oral, São Paulo, Brasil.
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The authors reviewed 24 cases of familial or nonfamilial cherubism. The age at onset was between 6 and 10 years. It was characterized by bilateral painless swelling of jaws and eyes-to-heaven appearance was visible when the maxillae were affected as well. Radiographs showed well-defined multilocular radiolucencies and with age, thick sclerotic borders were visible. A malocclusive and abnormal dentition, worse in the mandible can be seen. Histopathologically, numerous randomly distributed multinucleated giant cells and vascular spaces within a fibrous connective tissue stroma with or without eosinophilic collagen perivascular cuffing were apparent. Multinucleated giant cells were positive for osteoclastic specific markers, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and human alphaV beta3 integrin, 23C6. Results after follow-up were available for 14 cases. Of these, no treatment was carried out in five cases, cherubism resolved (three cases) or grew slowly (two cases); curettage or surgical contouring was performed in seven cases, during the rapid growth of the lesions. This not only gave good immediate results, but also arrested active growth of remnant cherubic lesions and even stimulated bone regeneration. Segmental mandibulectomy followed by reconstruction was performed in two cases with extensive lesion and the risk of pathologic fracture of the mandible, and excellent results were obtained.
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- X-M Meng
- Department of Oral Pathology, Peking University School of Stomatology, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China.
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INTRODUCTION Gingival fibromatosis is frequently an isolated condition, but rarely associated with certain illnesses, or uncommon syndromes. CASE This work describes a young patient presenting cherubism, with perturbed consciousness and very hyperplastic gingiva covering the major part of the dental crowns. DISCUSSION We recall the characteristic clinical features of cherubism. Outcome is generally favorable with regression of the swelling. The combination with gingival fibromatosis is a particular manifestation.
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- D Benazza
- Service de Parodontologie, Faculté de médecine dentaire de Rabat, Maroc
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological features of central giant-cell lesions that were diagnosed in The Netherlands between January 1, 1990, and January 1, 1995. STUDY DESIGN A population-based retrospective study was carried out, examining all patients with a central giant-cell lesion from this period. RESULTS In 83 patients there was a central giant-cell granuloma (89 lesions). Aggressive signs and symptoms (pain, paresthesia, or root resorption) were found in 16 (19.3%) patients. Multiple lesions occurred in 3 (3.6%) patients. The overall recurrence rate was 26.3%, and there was a higher recurrence rate in patients who exhibited aggressive signs and symptoms than in patients without these features (RR 1.6). In 5 patients a clinical diagnosis of cherubism or concomitant neurofibromatosis type 1 was made (14 lesions). CONCLUSION In a general population, large and aggressive lesions are less common than suggested by the literature. Multiple lesions, however, occur more frequently than previously assumed. In patients with aggressive signs and symptoms, surgical curettage is not an effective therapy.
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- Jan De Lange
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center and Academic Center for Dentistry (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hyckel P, Berndt A, Schleier P, Clement JH, Beensen V, Peters H, Kosmehl H. Cherubism – new hypotheses on pathogenesis and therapeutic consequences. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005; 33:61-8. [PMID: 15694152 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2004.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2003] [Accepted: 07/29/2004] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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AIMS The hereditary occurrence of cherubism indicates a probable genetic aetiology: a correlation with a mutation in the gene SH3BP2 has been demonstrated. A convincing concept of formal pathogenesis is not yet available. The study was aimed at advancing the understanding of the pathogenesis of cherubism by presenting a case study including genetic findings and an evaluation of the literature. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Because of its association with the development of the second and third molars, cherubism could be defined as a genetically determined alteration of tooth development. In this context, disturbed PTHrP - PTHrP receptor interaction induced by the mutation in SH3BP2 is discussed. The temporal and spatial determination of the clinical symptoms is explained by an interaction of SH3BP2-dependent signal transduction pathways with jaw morphogenesis (e.g. Hox-gene Msx-1). Because of the disease-induced lack of determination of the cap phase of the second and third molar, a spatial compartmentation, which is necessary for normal dental development, does not take place. This leads to dysregulation of mesenchymal bone building tissue areas, and to the development of giant cell granulomas with high osteoclastic activity. Because of the genetic determination of cherubism and the associated dedifferentiation of the diseased tissue, a surgical removal should be exclusively restricted to specific indications. Therefore an attitude of wait and see is preferred.
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- Peter Hyckel
- Department for Maxillofacial Surgery/Plastic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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Meng XM, Yu SF, Wu YT. [Clinicopathologic study of a family cherubism]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2004; 39:475-7. [PMID: 15854318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinicopathologic features of familial cherubism and its differentiation from other giant cell lesions in jaws and the results of surgical treatments with a long-term follow-up. METHODS Four cases of familial cherubism were reviewed and their clinical and radiographic features, histopathologic appearance, biochemical markers and surgical treatments analysed. RESULTS Clinically, cherubism was characterized by bilateral painless swelling of jaws, mandibular deformity was common. Radiographs showed multilocular radiolucencies with sclerotic thickening border. Histopathologically, numerous randomly distributed multinucleated giant cells and vascular spaces within a fibrous connective tissue stroma with or without eosinophilic collagen perivascular cuffing were shown. The lesion regressed without treatment in 1 cases. Curettage was performed in 3 cases with good results. CONCLUSIONS Cherubism can be diagnosed according to its typical clinical and radiographical features with a positive family history. It might regress without treatment. But surgery intervention is suggested to improve physiological function and to solve the psychologic problem of the patients.
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- Xue-Mei Meng
- Department of Pathology, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
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OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the radiographic and imaging features of cherubism. CONCLUSION Cherubism is a rare osseous disorder of children and adolescents. Although the radiologic characteristics of cherubism are not pathognomonic, the diagnosis is strongly suggested by bilateral relatively symmetric jaw involvement that is limited to the maxilla and mandible. Imaging typically shows expansile remodeling of the involved bones, thinning of the cortexes, and multilocular radiolucencies with a coarse trabecular pattern.
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- Francesca D Beaman
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32224-3899, USA
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Ozkan Y, Varol A, Turker N, Aksakalli N, Basa S. Clinical and radiological evaluation of cherubism: a sporadic case report and review of the literature. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2003; 67:1005-12. [PMID: 12907058 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5876(03)00179-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Many cases have been published on cherubism since Jones described it first time in three children of the same family [Am. J. Cancer 17 (1933) 946]. Cherubism is an autosomal-dominant disorder in which the normal bone is replaced by cellular fibrous tissue and immature bone. Extracranial skeletal involvement is rarely seen in hereditary and non-hereditary forms of the disorder. The mandible is the most severely affected craniofacial component, in which uncontrolled growth of the malady deteriorates the aesthetic balance of the face. Bilateral swelling of the cheeks, mandibular enlargement and maxillary spongious hypertrophy cause orbital manifestations and tendency of eyes looking up to the sky. Thus, the pathognomic clinical feature resembles the appearance of "raised to heaven" Renaissance cherubs. The sporadic case concerns a child affected by cherubism. Radiographic and clinical data of the patient are presented and brief review of the literature is included.
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- Yasar Ozkan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Buyukciftlik Sok. No. 6, 80200 Nisantasi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Lo B, Faiyaz-Ul-Haque M, Kennedy S, Aviv R, Tsui LC, Teebi AS. Novel mutation in the gene encoding c-Abl-binding protein SH3BP2 causes cherubism. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 121A:37-40. [PMID: 12900899 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant inherited condition caused by mutations in the c-Abl-binding protein SH3BP2. It is characterized by multiple cystic giant cell lesions of the jaw appearing in early childhood with stabilization and remission after puberty. In the present study, we used direct sequence analysis of the SH3BP2 gene of several individuals from a family with cherubism to search for additional SH3BP2 mutations resulting in cherubism. In affected relatives, we found a previously unreported G to A transition in exon 9 leading to a Gly to Arg substitution at amino acid position 420. G420R has been reported previously with a G to C transversion. To date there have been no disease causing mutations outside exon 9. Therefore, the amino acid sequence from positions 415 to 420 may represent a specific protein domain which, when disrupted, leads to the cherubism phenotype.
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- Bryan Lo
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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BACKGROUND The nature and the mechanism involved in the formation of the multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) in various giant cell-containing lesions of the jaws are not fully understood. The aim of this study is to clarify the osteoclastic features of the MGCs in central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), peripheral giant cell granuloma (PGCG), cherubism, and aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), and the mechanism underlying the interrelations between cellular components in the formation of the MGCs. METHODS Immunohistochemical study with a panel of antibodies including vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase), carbonic anhydrase II (CA II), Cathepsin K, matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9), CD68, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and enzyme histochemical staining for tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) were applied on a total number of 53 cases of giant cell-containing lesions including CGCG (n = 34), PGCG (n = 6), cherubism (n = 7), and ABC (n = 6). In situ hybridization was also carried out to detect the mRNA expression of the receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL), a newly identified cytokine that is shown to be essential in the osteoclastogenesis, its receptor RANK (receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand), and its decoy receptor OPG (osteoprotegerin) in these four types of lesions. RESULTS Immunohistochemical and enzyme histochemical studies showed that both the MGCs and a fraction of mononuclear cells in these lesions were strongly positive for TRAP, V-ATPase, CA II, Cathepsin K, MMP-9, and CD68, while the spindle-shaped mononuclear cells were positive for PCNA. The results with in situ hybridization indicated that RANKL mRNA was mainly expressed in the spindle mononuclear cells while OPG was extensively distributed in both the MGCs and the mononuclear cells. RANK mRNA was expressed in the MGCs and some round mononuclear cells. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that MGCs in the four types of giant cell-containing lesions of the jaws show characteristics of the osteoclast phenotype. The mononuclear stromal cells, which show TRAP positively, may be the precursors of the MGCs. RANKL, OPG, and RANK expressed in these lesions may play important roles in the formation of the MGCs. The similar characteristics and mechanisms in the differentiation of MGCs in these lesions also suggest that there might be a similar kind of pathogenesis involved in the formation of the MGCs in these lesions
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- Bo Liu
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Ongole R, Pillai RS, Pai KM. Cherubism in siblings: a case report. J Can Dent Assoc 2003; 69:150-4. [PMID: 12622878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Cherubism is a non-neoplastic bone disease characterized by clinically evident bilateral, painless enlargements of the jaws that are said to give the patient a cherubic appearance. Cherubism may appear in solitary cases or in many members of the same family, often in multiple generations. On radiography, the lesions exhibit bilateral multilocular radiolucent areas. Histopathologic evaluation reveals proliferating fibrous connective tissue containing numerous multinucleated giant cells. Since the first description of this condition in 1933, almost 200 cases have been reported. We describe cherubism in 2 siblings and briefly review the literature on this subject.
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- Ravikiran Ongole
- Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology, College of Dental Surgery, Manipal 576119, India.
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We describe an 8-year-old boy who presented with severe facial swelling. This progressed rapidly and 17 months later he died of gastrointestinal and pulmonary infections. The diagnosis was initially brown tumour associated with hyperparathyroidism, but this was revised in the light of laboratory investigations that were within the reference ranges, and normal appearance of the parathyroids on exploration to that of an extreme case of cherubism that behaved in a locally aggressive manner.
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- E C Silva
- Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil
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Cherubism is a rare hereditary condition characterised by progressive cystic proliferation of the mandible and maxilla in childhood, followed by post-pubertal involution of the process and jaw remodelling in adulthood. Its name is derived from the cherubic appearance that results from the jaw hypertrophy. Here, we present the case of a young boy with cherubism, in the context of his pedigree, to illustrate the clinical characteristics and their variable expression. We also seek to distinguish cherubism from central giant cell granuloma and giant cell tumour of the jaws, with which it holds a false synonymity.
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- D A Lannon
- The Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery Department, Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Pulse CL, Moses MS, Greenman D, Rosenberg SN, Zegarelli DJ. Cherubism: case reports and literature review. Dent Today 2001; 20:100-3. [PMID: 11715640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Two new cherubism cases have been documented and reported. Both were relatively mild clinically, being a Grade I within Motamedi's I to V clinical grading system. Each presented with bilateral posterior mandibular lesions having a multiloculated radiolucent appearance. In each case, detection with eventual diagnosis evolved from a mandibular molar failing to erupt (tooth No. 19). The partial literature review documented the wide spectrum of clinical expression of this disease and the consequent wide variation in its treatment.
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- C L Pulse
- Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features of a patient with orbital involvement in cherubism that prompted surgical treatment. DESIGN Single interventional case report. INTERVENTION Findings of the ophthalmic evaluation, computed tomography (CT) scans, intraoperative examination, and light microscopy of the specimens were analyzed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Globe displacement, orbital bony lesions detected on CT scans, histopathology, and postoperative results were assessed. RESULTS A 27-year-old female was seen with a slowly progressive superonasal globe displacement and a temporal orbital mass bilaterally of 6 years' duration. She had a history of cherubism, but her cheeks and jaws had a normal appearance instead of the bilateral fullness of the lower half of the face typical of the disease. CT scans demonstrated multicystic bony lesions arising from the orbital floors bilaterally. The masses were excised using an anterior transcutaneous transseptal orbitotomy. Histopathology demonstrated numerous giant cells in a fibrovascular stroma, confirming the clinical diagnosis of cherubism. Postoperative recovery was complete. CONCLUSIONS Orbital involvement in cherubism may develop beyond puberty, after stabilization or regression of the lesions in the jaws. Patients with cherubism should be routinely evaluated by an ophthalmologist.
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- F Colombo
- Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Bindu S, Mulay S, Kulkarni D. Cherubism: a differential diagnosis of multinucleate giant cell lesions of jaw. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2001; 44:489-90. [PMID: 12035376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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- S Bindu
- Department of Pathology, MGM's Medical College, Aurangabad
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Ueki Y, Tiziani V, Santanna C, Fukai N, Maulik C, Garfinkle J, Ninomiya C, doAmaral C, Peters H, Habal M, Rhee-Morris L, Doss JB, Kreiborg S, Olsen BR, Reichenberger E. Mutations in the gene encoding c-Abl-binding protein SH3BP2 cause cherubism. Nat Genet 2001; 28:125-6. [PMID: 11381256 DOI: 10.1038/88832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cherubism (MIM 118400) is an autosomal dominant inherited syndrome characterized by excessive bone degradation of the upper and lower jaws followed by development of fibrous tissue masses, which causes a characteristic facial swelling. Here we describe seven mutations in the SH3-binding protein SH3BP2 (MIM 602104) on chromosome 4p16.3 that cause cherubism.
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- Y Ueki
- Harvard-Forsyth Department of Oral Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and The Forsyth Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Stiller M, Urban M, Golder W, Tiziani V, Reichenberger E, Frege J, Opitz C, Peters H. Craniosynostosis in cherubism. Am J Med Genet 2000; 95:325-31. [PMID: 11186885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant fibro-osseous disorder that affects almost exclusively maxilla and mandible. Extracranial skeletal involvement is rare. We report on three affected males in three generations. The youngest affected relative was examined at age 4 months. He also had craniosynostosis. His affected father and grandfather had cherubism and clubbing of the fingers. Cherubism was mapped to region 4p16. Because of the associated cranio-synostosis, we excluded the FGFR3 gene as a candidate gene for cherubism.
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- M Stiller
- Department of Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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Von Wowern N. Cherubism: a 36-year long-term follow-up of 2 generations in different families and review of the literature. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2000; 90:765-72. [PMID: 11113824 DOI: 10.1067/moe.2000.108438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To clarify the relationships between the varying clinical or radiographic features of cherubism. STUDY DESIGN Nonparametric statistics were used in a long-term follow-up of 18 patients through 2 generations from 6 Danish families. RESULTS The radiographic grade of cherubism was significantly related to sex, maximal buccal bone expansion, course of cherubism, and number of aplasia or ectopic impacted teeth, but it was not related to families. Normal dentition in nonaffected regions was present or was obtained in 14 of 14 patients (age, >14 years). Surgical treatment did not provoke growth of lesional tissue in 22 of 22 cases. Radiographically, the bone structure in the lesional areas was related to age in all grades of cherubism: new bone formation in radiolucent areas (age, >20 years), normal bone structure with multilocular sketches (age, 32 to 39 years), and completely normal bone structure (age, >41 years), also found in 7 of 7 carriers of cherubism (age, >32 years). CONCLUSIONS This group analysis verifies the knowledge of cherubism previously based on cumulative reviews of findings in single-family and case reports.
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- N Von Wowern
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mangion J, Edkins S, Goss AN, Stratton MR, Flanagan AM. Familial craniofacial fibrous dysplasia: absence of linkage to GNAS1 and the gene for cherubism. J Med Genet 2000; 37:E37. [PMID: 11073546 PMCID: PMC1734462 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.37.11.e37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- G C Timoşca
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania.
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Kessler HP, Jerrell JG. Diagnostic quiz #39. Case no. 1. Cherubism. Todays FDA 2000; 12:13-4. [PMID: 11404922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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- H P Kessler
- University of Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oncology, USA
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Gingival fibromatosis is frequently an isolated condition, but rarely associated with some uncommon syndromes. This paper describes an 11-year-old patient with pronounced gingival enlargement, cherubic facial appearance, and psychomotor retardation and discusses the major aspects of the case. The most striking finding orally was the presence of grossly hyperplastic gingiva, which completely covered all teeth except the occlusal surfaces of some teeth. The swelling in the lower part of the face and the appearance of sclera beneath the iris suggest cherubism. The diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of giant cell regenerative granuloma and perivascular eosinophilic particles and osteoclasts after biopsy of the mandible. In this case, surgery was the only effective way to treat the patient. A full-mouth gingivectomy procedure was performed under general anesthesia in 2 stages. The case was followed for 12 months and no recurrence was seen. An appropriate oral hygiene regimen was established.
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- S Yalçin
- Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Istanbul, Capa-Istanbul, Turkey
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