Giant ossifying fibroma of the maxilla: an unusually aggressive presentation in a 21-year-old woman

Satya Ranjan Misra; Neeta Mohanty; Ujjaval Ramanupam Tripathy

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-244954

Giant ossifying fibroma of the maxilla: an unusually aggressive presentation in a 21-year-old woman

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Sep 20;14(9):e244954. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244954.

Authors

Satya Ranjan Misra¹, Neeta Mohanty², Ujjaval Ramanupam Tripathy³

Affiliations

¹ Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
² Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India neetamohanty@soa.ac.in.
³ Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Abstract

We present a rare case of a huge aggressive ossifying fibroma of the maxilla in a 21-year-old female patient with involvement of the maxillary antrum, nasal cavity, orbit and the ethmoid sinus with a unique radiologic appearance for documentation.

Keywords: dentistry and oral medicine; ear; mouth; nose and throat/otolaryngology; radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone Neoplasms*
Ethmoid Sinus
Female
Fibroma, Ossifying* / diagnostic imaging
Fibroma, Ossifying* / surgery
Humans
Maxilla
Nasal Cavity
Young Adult