Question 281 · LDEK · Cysts of the jaws

Gerber’s protrusion:

1) it is observed during the endoscopy of mesial nasal meatus;
2) it may be a symptom of developing incisive canal cyst;
3) it is an elevation of the nasal cavity floor caused by developing pathologic lesion;
4) it is caused by deformation of maxillary alveolar process due to developing cyst.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 2, 3.
  2. B. 2, 3, 4.
  3. C. 1, 2, 4.
  4. D. only 3.
  5. E. all of the above mentioned.
Hint

Think about which nasal meatus lies directly above the anterior palate and what kind of bulge an upward-growing cyst produces.

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