Cemento-ossifying fibroma of the mandible. A clinicopathological report

Saudi Med J. 2017 May;38(5):541-545. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.5.15643.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / diagnosis*
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / pathology
  • Humans
  • Mandible / diagnostic imaging
  • Mandible / pathology*
  • Odontogenic Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Odontogenic Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Odontogenic Tumors / pathology
  • Radiography, Panoramic