Presentation
Patients may present with pain, edema, and purulent discharge localized to the site of pathology with or without fever and tender cervical lymphadenopathy 1. [radiopaedia.org]
Treatment
Most (~90%) will show some evidence of healing (bone filling the lucency) one-year post-treatment 4. [radiopaedia.org]
Prognosis
CT well-defined lucency at or distal to the root apex, usually <10 mm with or without surrounding (<22 mm) sclerosis 2-4 the tooth or teeth involved often show signs of caries an empty socket may indicate recent extraction for infection Treatment and prognosis [radiopaedia.org]