Open AccessJuvenile ossifying fibroma of the mandibular ramus in a five-year-old boy
Author(s) -
Srikanth Hanasoge Srivathsa,
Mahesh Kaggare Puttaraju,
Karthikeya Patil,
Saikrishna Degala
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.145020
Subject(s) - medicine , ossifying fibroma , asymptomatic , juvenile , mandibular ramus , anatomy , dermatology , dentistry , pathology , lesion , molar , biology , genetics
Juvenile ossifying fibromas (JOF) are benign central lesions occurring in children. Two variants of this entity have been recognized - trabecular and psammomatoid. These lesions are usually asymptomatic and present only as a growing swelling. We hereby report a case of a trabecular variant of a juvenile ossifying fibroma in a five-year-old boy