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Review
. 2010 Jan;39(1):57-63.
doi: 10.1259/dmfr/96330046.

Ossifying fibromas of the jaw bone: 20 cases

Y Liu  1 , H Wang, M You, Z Yang, J Miao, K Shimizutani, T Koseki
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Review

Ossifying fibromas of the jaw bone: 20 cases

Y Liu et al. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to report 20 cases of ossifying fibroma involving the jaw bone and to review the literature of this lesion. All the cases had adequate radiographs and clinical information. Varying shapes of the lesion including cystic lesion and mixed density lesion are presented, including two massive expansile lesions, which measured more than 10 cm.

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Figure 1
Case 5. Panoramic radiograph showing a unicystic lesion at chin region. The image between the lesion and normal bone was easy to distinguish
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Figure 2
Case 8. Panoramic radiograph showing a multicystic lesion with the resorption of the affected teeth roots. Some honeycombed septa are scattered in the lesion. The lesion was bulging and the cortex of mandibular bone was thinned
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Figure 3
Case 18. Lower occlusal film showing the border between the lesion and the normal bone as a low-density area, thus it is more indistinct than the cystic lesions
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Figure 4
Case 15. An oblique lateral projection showed that there was much high-density mass as cancellate dense lines in the lesion. The border between the lesion and the normal bone was relatively defined; there was often a dense bone line surrounding the lesion. The mesial root of the right second molar was resorbed
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Figure 5
Case 13. Posteroanterior cephalometric projection showing the lesion occupying two-thirds of the patient's face, located at the right side of the maxillary bone
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Figure 6
Case 13. Lateral cephalometric projection, 1984. The maxillary lateral cephalometric projections revealed a round-like medium-density mass with cancellate dense lines in it
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Figure 7
Case 13. Lateral cephalometric projection, 1987. The tumour has grown much larger and the affected teeth have obviously migrated, compared with 3 years previously
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Figure 8
Case 16. Left lateral cephalometric projection. The radiographs in Figures 8 and 9 demonstrate that the tumour involved the bilateral jaw bone. The left mandible had been restored by bioceramic prosthesis
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Figure 9
Case 16. Right lateral cephalometric projection
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Figure 10
Case 20. Right lateral oblique projection showing a single cystic view, 1981
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Figure 11
Case 20. Right lateral oblique projection showing an irregular, honeycombed cyst, 1986
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Figure 12
Case 20. Panoramic radiograph showed a high-density mass expanded downward and the affected teeth leaned toward the lesion area in 2000
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