Open AccessCentral ossifying fibroma of mandible: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Anand N Swami,
Lata Kale,
Sunil S Mishra,
Sneha H Choudhary
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.167134
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , histopathology , fibroma , differential diagnosis , lesion , premolar , ossifying fibroma , molar , anatomy , pathology , dentistry , botany , biology , genus
Ossifying fibroma (OF) is a benign, non-odontogenic tumor of the jaw, a type of fibro-osseous lesion. Traditionally, this type of lesion was subclassified histologically into ossifying fibroma and cementifying fibroma according to the hard tissues formed, but both types are now known by the unified term, ossifying fibroma. It is generally accepted that the histological subclassification of these two lesions is of academic interest only since differential diagnosis is often arbitrary and their biological behaviour seems to be identical. The present article discusses the case of central ossifying fibroma in a 35-year-old female patient who presented with a swelling in premolar-molar region of left mandible which was symptom-free and present since last 6 months. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology