Open AccessCemento-ossifying fibroma of the mandible
Author(s) -
Tapas K. Bala,
Sarmeshta Soni,
Prakriti Dayal,
Indrajeet Ghosh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
saudi medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1658-3175
pISSN - 0379-5284
DOI - 10.15537/smj.2017.5.15643
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , confusion , radiography , differential diagnosis , fibroma , deformity , odontogenic tumor , ossifying fibroma , mandibular neoplasms , lesion , anatomy , radiology , pathology , maxilla , psychology , botany , psychoanalysis , biology , genus
Cemento-ossifying fibromas are rare fibro-osseous benign neoplasms that affect the jaws. They are included in the group of mesodermal odontogenic tumors and commonly present as a progressively growing lesion that might attain enormous size with resultant deformity, if left untreated. A confusion prevails on the terminology, which can only be confirmed by histopathologic evaluation. A case of cemento-ossifying fibroma involving the right mandible is described in a 30 year-old female patient. The clinical, radiographic, histologic features are presented and the various differential diagnosis are discussed.