Giant cemento-ossifying fibroma of the mandible

J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2014 Jan;5(1):190-4. doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.127326.

Abstract

Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is classified as a fibro-osseous neoplasm and included among the non-odontogenic tumors derived from the mesenchymal blast cells of the periodontal ligament, with a potential for forming fibrous tissue, cementum and bone, or a combination of such elements. These are slow-growing lesions, and are more frequent in women between the third and fourth decades of life. Case reports of massive expansile COF, measuring more than 10 cm are rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of giant cemento-ossifying fibroma of the mandible in a 34 year old female patient.

Keywords: Cemento-ossifying fibroma; computed tomography; expansile lesion; fibro-osseous lesions; mandible.

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