Giant Osteoma of Mandible Causing Dyspnea: A Rare Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

Hassan Mirmohammad Sadeghi; Nafise Shamloo; Nasim Taghavi; Yaser Safi; Farzad Aghdashi; Mohammad Ismaeilnejad

doi:10.1007/s12663-014-0717-6

Giant Osteoma of Mandible Causing Dyspnea: A Rare Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2015 Sep;14(3):836-40. doi: 10.1007/s12663-014-0717-6. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

Hassan Mirmohammad Sadeghi¹, Nafise Shamloo², Nasim Taghavi², Yaser Safi³, Farzad Aghdashi¹, Mohammad Ismaeilnejad¹

Affiliations

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department, Shahid Beheshti Dental Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Evin Street, Tehran, Iran.
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Osteomas are benign slow growing tumors of bone. Tumors are usually asymptomatic until they attain remarkable size and cause asymmetry or dysfunction. In view of few reported cases of giant osteoma of mandible, this article presents a case of giant osteoma of left mandible in a 53-year old male causing dyspnea due to compression of air way space.

Keywords: Dyspnea; Giant osteoma; Mandible; Osteoma.

Publication types

Case Reports