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CASE REPORT Peripheral Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma – A Clinical Dilemma Solved by the Histo-Path Expertise † ‡ Sameekshya Acharya*, Sheela Kumar Gujjari , Usha Hegde † ‡ *Post Graduate Student, MDS, Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics. MDS, Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore, India ABSTRA CT Peripheral cemento-ossifying fi broma is a rare entity accounting for around 3% of the oral tumours. This is a case of 42 year female patient presenting with a swelling in 21 and 22 region for which differential diagnosis of fi broma, cementoma were given after histologic examination the diagnosis of peripheral cemento-ossifying fi broma was confi rmed. Keywords: Periodontitis, oral pathology, oral medicine [3] INTRODUCTION exclusively on the gingiva and accounts for 3.1% of all oral tumors. Ossifying fibroma is a benign neoplasm arising in The pathogenesis of this tumor is uncertain. Due craniofacial bones, composed of proliferating fibroblasts to their clinical and histopathological similarities, with osseous products that include bone and ovoid some peripheral cemento-ossifying fibromas are calcifications; these lesions are well demarcated from [1] believed to develop initially as a pyogenic granuloma the adjacent bone. that undergoes fibrous maturation and subsequent There are two
Journal of Advanced Oral Research – SAGE
Published: Sep 1, 2013
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