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VARGAS OROSCO, María Lourdes. PATOLOGIAS OSEAS DEL MAXILAR. Rev. Act. Clin. Med [online]. 2014, vol.43, pp. 2295-2299. ISSN 2304-3768.

The diseases that affect the bone tissue of the jaws, can often affect the average age of life, however the diversity of disease entities, opens a wide spectrum of possibilities for histopathological changes according to the type of lesion found in these anatomical anatomical regions. As is well known, the upper jaw is a bone that is part of the orbital cavity, nasal cavity and masticatory apparatus, so that the multiplicity of changes in the pathology of the lesions is related to the type of tissue with which shares its structure, therefore the presence of tumors or cysts in the areas in question will vary according to where they are located and the aggressiveness of the box. Classifications described in most of the literature, lesions located according to the source type of cysts and tumors, with a brief description of the histopathology of each change, so try the review presented a global organization and specifically to the above.

Palavras-chave : Dysplasia; Osteocementaria; Osteosarcoma; Pathology; Cyst; Torus; Tumor.