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PAIVA, Leonardo Costa de Almeida; MENEZES, Fábio dos Santos; PORTO, Gabriela Granja  e  CERQUEIRA, Paulo Roberto Ferreira. Simple Bone Cyst - Case Report. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.2, pp. 15-20. ISSN 1808-5210.

The simple bony cyst (SBC) it has been a described entity, in the long bones, since 1832, and your maxillary location was told firstly in 1929. That lesion intraosseus is also known by your variety of synonyms, such as: traumatic bony cyst, cyst bony hemorragic, cavity bony idiopatic, progressive bony cyst, solitary bony cyst, besides other definitions. The present work tells a clinical case of patient attacked by a COS in surface of symphysis mandibulary, emphasize in the aspects related to the aetiology, epidemiology and treatment of this lesion type, through revision of the literature.

Palavras-chave : Simple Bone Cyst; Bone Cysts; Odontogenic cysts..