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Giant ossifying fibroma: a clinicopathologic study of 8 tumors
Author(s) -
Heerden W. F. P.,
Raubenheimer E. J.,
Weir R. G.,
Kreidler J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1989.tb01352.x
Subject(s) - aneurysmal bone cyst , pathology , ossifying fibroma , maxilla , fibroma , connective tissue , medicine , radiography , resorption , anatomy , lesion , radiology
Clinical, radiographic and microscopic features of 8 ossifying fibromas diagnosed in 7 patients and measuring more than 8 cm in greatest diameter, were reviewed. The tumors occured in both juvenile and middle aged patients and all lesions in women involved the maxilla. The abundance of fibrous connective tissue and resorption of mineralized deposits are indicative of altered cellular differentiation and proliferative activities in large ossifying fibromas. Focal areas of aneurysmal bone cyst formation were identified in the majority of lesions.