What is it about?
Surgical ciliated cysts (SCC) are rare benign jaw cysts that are associated with inadvertent transplantation of respiratory epithelial tissue from a previous surgery and/or trauma to the maxillary sinus. This report describes a SCC of the posterior maxilla that occurred 16 years after previous left maxillary sinus surgery for bone augmentation.
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Why is it important?
This case report documents a rare cyst of the maxilla, the surgical ciliated cyst, that occurred in an older individual in a site where 16 years earlier he had a maxillary sinus lift surgery performed. Practitioners should be attentive to suspected cystic pathology, especially in patients who have previously had surgery/trauma involving or near the maxillary sinuses.
Perspectives
Surgical ciliated cysts are uncommon benign cystic lesions in jaw bones whose etiology has been shown to be from previous trauma/surgery near the maxillary sinus. The accidental entrapment of respiratory ciliated epithelium into the maxilla or mandible from previous sinus surgery is the chief distinguishing feature.
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This page is a summary of: Surgical Ciliated Cyst of the Maxilla: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, July 2026, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jdoe2600106.
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