On routine radiographic examination, an 18-year-old patient was found to have a 2 x 3 cm radiolucency in the body of the mandible that extended between the roots of teeth nos. 19, 20, and 21 . All his teeth were vital, he had no impactions, and he had no symptoms. Which of the following should be included in the differential diagnosis?

a. Dentigerous cyst
b. Traumatic bone cyst
c. Periapical granuloma
d. Lymphoepithelial cyst
e. Stafne's bone cyst


B

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