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Table 1 Reported cases managed by intralesional corticosteroids injection

From: Treatment of central giant cell lesions using bisphosphonates with intralesional corticosteroid injections

Year

Author

No. of cases

Site

No. of injections

Time of resolution

1994

Terry and Jacoway [12]

4

Mandible

6

3 years

Mandible

6

1 year 4 months

Mandible

6

2 years 2 months

Mandible

6

Incomplete

1994

Kermer et al. [20]

1

Mandible

6

3 years

2000

Khafif et al. [21]

1

Maxilla

6

2 years

2001

Kurtz et al.[6]

1

Mandible

12

2 years

2001

Adornato and Paticoff [7]

1

Mandible

6

Partial 7 months

2002

Carlos and Sedano [8]

4

Maxilla

20

7 years

Mandible

17

6 years

Maxilla

4

Residual lesion 1 year 3 months

Mandible

4

2 years

2005

Sezer et al. [9]

1

Mandible

6

3 years

2005

Abdo et al. [18]

1

Mandible

3

1 ½ year

2009

Mohanty and Jhamb [10]

2

Mandible

5

1 ½ year

Mandible

6

1 ½ year

2010

Shirani et al. [19]

1

Mandible and maxilla

6

2 years

2011

Rachmiel et al. [11]

1

Mandible

6

5 years

Total

11

18

Proportion mandible:maxilla 15:4

Mean 7.27

Mean 2 ½ years