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Case Reports
. 2013 Jun;10(2):74-6.
doi: 10.5812/iranjradiol.3734. Epub 2013 May 20.

Peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch: report of a case

Toshinori Iwai  1 , Toshiharu Izumi, Junichi Baba, Jiro Maegawa, Kenji Mitsudo, Iwai Tohnai
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Peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch: report of a case

Toshinori Iwai et al. Iran J Radiol. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Osteoma is a benign, slow-growing osteogenic tumor that sometimes arises from the craniomaxillofacial region, such as the sinus, temporal or jaw bones. Osteoma consists of compact or cancellous bone that may be peripheral, central or extraskeletal type. Peripheral osteoma arises from the periosteum and is commonly a unilateral, pedunculated mushroom-like mass. Peripheral osteoma of the mandible is relatively uncommon, and peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch is extremely rare, although many cases arise from the mandibular body, angle, condyle, or coronoid process. We report here an unusual peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch in a 78-year-old nonsyndromic female.

Keywords: Mandible; Osteoma; Tomography, X-Ray Computed.

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Figure 1. Coronal CT image. A 36 × 35 × 30 mm sized lesion is seen that arises from the right mandibular notch.
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Figure 2. A. Lateral and B. Medial view of three-dimensional CT image shows a bony mass arising from the mandibular notch.
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