%0 Journal Article
%T Literature Review, Case Presentation and Management of Non-ossifying Fibroma of Right Angle of Mandible: More Than just a Cortical Defect!
%A Pandiar D
%A Anbumani P
%A Krishnan RP
%J Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
%V 76
%N 1
%D 2024 Feb
%M 38440574
暂无%R 10.1007/s12070-023-04110-8
%X Non-ossifying fibroma (NOF) of jaw bones are rare. While NOF is the most common benign bone tumor of long bones with pathognomonic radiological features and bear a tendency for self-regression, gnathic NOF appears to be comparatively larger in size and behave more aggressively. A 16 years old female patient reported with painless swelling of the right side of the face of 4 months duration. Radiographic analysis showed a unilocular radiolucent lesion of right angle of the mandible with ill-defined margins, cortical perforation and thinning of inferior border. The lesion was provisionally diagnosed as odontogenic keratocyst/unicystic ameloblastoma and incisional biopsy was performed. The histopathological features and immunohistochemical characteristics favored a diagnosis of NOF. The lesion was excised and reconstructed. The excised specimen confirmed the diagnosis. There are no signs of recurrence at 18 months follow-up. NOF should be considered in the differential diagnosis of uni-/multilocular radiolucencies of jaws particularly the posterior mandible.