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A possible case of an ossifying fibroma in a Late Neolithic population from Portugal
Author(s) -
Silva A. M.,
Wasterlain S. N.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.1059
Subject(s) - fibrous dysplasia , differential diagnosis , ossifying fibroma , fibroma , maxilla , pathological , medicine , lesion , population , anatomy , pathology , environmental health
This paper discusses the differential diagnosis of an unusual bone tumour observed in the right maxilla of one adult calvarium , from the Late Neolithic collective burial of Lapa do Bugio (Sesimbra, Portugal). The differential diagnosis of the lesion gave rise to several possible pathological conditions, namely, ossifying fibroma, fibrous dysplasia, and focal cemento‐osseous dysplasia. Despite the impossibility of performing histological analysis, various macroscopic and radiological aspects lead us to consider ossifying fibroma as the most probable diagnose. This appears to be the earliest reported case of this condition in the osteoarchaeological literature, and adds to the very few palaeopathological case descriptions available for ossifying fibroma. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.