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Juvenile ossifying fibroma diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology: A diagnostic challenge
Author(s) -
Goyal Surbhi,
Sharma Sonal,
Arora Vipin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.23136
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , fibrous dysplasia , cytology , pathology , fibroma , dysplasia , ossifying fibroma , lesion , radiological weapon , radiology
Preoperative diagnosis of jaw lesions is not always possible on the basis of clinico‐radiological findings alone and needs to be confirmed before attempting any surgical intervention. Fibro‐osseous lesions of the jaw comprise a spectrum of diseases which include cement‐osseous dysplasia, fibrous dysplasia, and ossifying fibroma. The cytomorphological distinction between these individual entities is difficult. We present a case of maxillary fibro‐osseous lesion in an adolescent girl diagnosed and categorized as juvenile ossifying fibroma preoperatively on cytology and confirmed on histopathology. Although aspirates are usually paucicellular in fibro‐osseous lesions, certain cytological features if present in cellular cytosmears can offer further categorization and a definitive diagnosis may be possible in light of clinico‐radiological correlation. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2015;43:75–79. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.