Open AccessSolitary osteoma of body of the mandible
Author(s) -
Saba Khan,
Laxmikanth Chatra,
K Prashanth Shenai,
Sreeja P. Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of orofacial sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2320-4737
pISSN - 0975-8844
DOI - 10.4103/0975-8844.113703
Subject(s) - osteoma , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , gardner's syndrome , cancellous bone , familial adenomatous polyposis , medicine , anatomy , gardner syndrome , pathology , biology , colorectal cancer , cancer , botany , genus
Osteomas are relatively rare benign osteogenic neoplasm′s characterized by the proliferation of compact or cancellous bone. Osteomas can develop as peripheral (periosteal) masses attached to the cortical plates or as central lesions arising from endosteal bone surfaces. Although multiple osteomas of the jaws are a hallmark of Gardner′s syndrome (familial adenomatous polyposis), non-syndromic cases are typically solitary. The purpose of this paper is to present a large peripheral osteoma originating from the buccal surface of the mandible and causing asymmetry in a 35-year-old woman