A fibro-osseous hereditary disease of the jaws. The swollen jaws and raised eyes give a cherubic appearance; multiple radiolucencies are evident upon radiographic examination.
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| "Cherubism is a rare, hereditary fibroosseous lesion of the jaws that is thought to undergo spontaneous involution after puberty." | ( Georgiade, GS; Georgiade, NG; Riefkohl, R, 1985) |
| "Cherubism is a nonneoplastic disease of bone characterized by clinical, bilateral, painless enlargements of the jaws that are said to give the patient a cherubic appearance." | ( Hitomi, G; Mitsui, K; Nishide, N, 1996) |
| "Cherubism is a rare, fibro-osseous bone disease that affects the jaws." | ( Prashanth, VK; Valiathan, A, 1997) |
| "Cherubism is a hereditary childhood disease of autosomal dominant inheritance that is more common in the male sex." | ( Holbach, LM; Schultze-Mosgau, S; Wiltfang, J, 2003) |
| "Cherubism is a non-neoplastic bone disease characterized by clinically evident bilateral, painless enlargements of the jaws that are said to give the patient a cherubic appearance." | ( Ongole, R; Pai, KM; Pillai, RS, 2003) |
| "Cherubism is a rare hereditary multilocular cystic disease of the jaws, characterized by its typical appearance." | ( Imai, Y; Kanno, K; Kayano, S; Matsubara, Y; Moriya, T; Seino, H; Yamada, A, 2003) |
| "Cherubism is a rare osseous disorder of children and adolescents." | ( Bancroft, LW; Beaman, FD; Kransdorf, MJ; Menke, DM; Murphey, MD; Peterson, JJ, 2004) |
| "Cherubism is a benign disease of bones affecting the jaws and giving a characteristic cherubic appearance to the patient." | ( Kothari, P; Kulkarni, B; Pawar, P; Sarda, D, 2007) |
| "Cherubism is an autosomal-dominant syndrome characterized by excessive bilateral maxillomandibular bony degeneration followed by fibrous tissue hyperplasia." | ( Almeida, AB; Amstalden, EM; de Campos Guidi, M; Raposo-Amaral, CE; Raposo-Amaral, CM; Tiziane, V; Warren, SM, 2007) |
| "Cherubism is a rare developmental lesion of the jaw that is generally inherited as an autosomal dominant trait." | ( Ahn, SG; Jung, YS; Kim, SA; Lee, JY; Lee, SH; Yoon, JH, 2008) |
| "Cherubism is a human genetic disorder that causes bilateral symmetrical enlargement of the maxilla and the mandible in children." | ( Chen, IP; Jafarov, T; Mukherjee, PM; Olsen, BR; Reichenberger, EJ; Ueki, Y; Wang, CJ, 2010) |
| "Cherubism is a skeletal dysplasia characterized by bilateral and symmetric fibro-osseous lesions limited to the mandible and maxilla." | ( Kaban, LB; Levine, MA; Lietman, SA; Olsen, BR; Papadaki, ME; Reichenberger, EJ, 2012) |
| "Cherubism is a rare, non-neoplastic pathologic entity first described by Jones in 1933." | ( Angelopoulos, C; Antoniades, K; Ilia, A; Tsodoulos, S, 2014) |
| "Cherubism is a rare, self-limiting, usually hereditary, benign fibro-osseous disease mostly affecting the jaws of the paediatric population." | ( Agrawal, A; Gupta, SK; Kumar, P; Saxena, P, 2014) |
| "Cherubism is a self limiting, autosomal dominant, fibro-osseous lesion of the maxillo facial region affecting the young adults." | ( Ahmed, B; Amin, M, 2014) |
| "Cherubism is caused by mutations in SH3BP2." | ( Alford, LM; Ishida, S; Kittaka, M; Masrani, S; Mizuno, N; Mukai, T; Olsen, BR; Reichenberger, EJ; Ueki, Y; Yamada, M; Yamaguchi, K; Yoshitaka, T, 2014) |
| "Cherubism is a rare genetic disorder characterized by extensive growth of a bilateral granuloma of the jaws, resulting in facial disfigurement." | ( Badoual, C; Berdal, A; Coudert, AE; Dainese, L; Deckert, M; Descroix, V; Fauroux, B; Galmiche, L; Kadlub, N; L'Herminé, AC; Leboulanger, N; Marlin, S; Pavlov, I; Picard, A; Ulinski, T; Vazquez, MP, 2015) |
| "Cherubism is a rare genetic disease characterized by bilateral giant cell reparative granuloma of the jaws consisting of a fibrotic stroma with giant multinucleated cells (GMCs) and osteoclastic features." | ( Badoual, C; Berdal, A; Coudert, AE; Dainese, L; Deckert, M; Descroix, V; Galmiche, L; Joly, A; Kadlub, N; Lehalle, D; Majoufre-Lefebvre, C; Marlin, S; Picard, A; Sessiecq, Q; Vazquez, MP, 2016) |
| "Cherubism is a craniofacial disorder characterized by maxillary and mandibular bone destruction." | ( Hayashi, T; Kittaka, M; Kondo, T; Reichenberger, EJ; Ueki, Y; Yoshimoto, T, 2018) |
| "Cherubism is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by excessive bilateral maxillomandibular bony degeneration and fibrous tissue hyperplasia." | ( Becker, D; Ferretti, G; Grigorian, PA; Lakin, G; Marshall, DC; Otteson, T; Rosen, C; Rowe, D; Soltanian, H; Son, JH; Valiathan, M, 2019) |
| "Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of the jaws caused by mutation of the SH3BP2 gene." | ( Badoual, C; Berdal, A; Coudert, AE; Descroix, V; Galmiche, L; Kadlub, N; L'Hermine, AC; Mandavit, M; Picard, A; Sessiecq, Q, 2018) |
| "Cherubism is an autosomal-dominant inherited mutation in the SH3BP2 gene on chromosome 4p16." | ( Ahson, I; Ricalde, P; Schaefer, ST, 2019) |
| "Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by replacement of bone with fibrous tissue containing multinucleated giant cells." | ( Bhandari, PS; Garg, A; Gupta, S; Jain, S; Kapoor, S; Reichenberger, E; Sah, SK; Singh, K; Trehanpati, N, 2019) |
| "Cherubism is a self-limiting fibro-osseous disorder that is classically characterized by bilateral mandibular swelling in the first or second decade of life." | ( Hudson, JW; Johnston, DT; Pickup, JD; Wells, NG, 2020) |
| "Cherubism is a genetic disorder characterised by bilateral jawbone deformation." | ( Akagi, T; Hiramatsu Asano, S; Iseki, M; Ishihara, K; Kittaka, M; Morita, Y; Mukai, T; Ono, M; Oohashi, T; Tosa, I; Ueki, Y; Yahagi, A, 2023) |