Open AccessFocal cemento-osseous dysplasia
Author(s) -
S Shamala Ravikumar,
G Vasupradha,
T R Menaka,
Stephanie Sankar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_209_19
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , asymptomatic , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , fibrous dysplasia , biopsy , lesion , dysplasia , cementum , pathology , radiology , dentin , biology , botany , genus
Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia (FCOD) is a benign fibro-osseous lesion of bone characterized by the replacement of normal bone by fibrous tissue and subsequently followed by its calcification with osseous and cementum-like material. It is mostly asymptomatic in nature and requires no treatment. When secondarily infected, it becomes symptomatic and intervention is required. Here, we report a case of symptomatic FCOD of mandible in a 52-year-old female patient. Histopathological evaluation of the biopsy specimen by ground sections and decalcified sections aided in the final diagnosis of the case.