Fibrosarcoma of the mandible: a diagnostic dilemma.

Advancing mandibular swelling: a diagnostic dilemma.

Asymmetrical swelling of the mandible in adolescence may pose a significant diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis ranges from traumatic, infectious, and metabolic processes to benign and malignant tumors. Also may present with similar clinical and radiological features, making an accurate diagnosis quite difficult. This is an illustrative case involving a 30-year-old female who initial...

Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma A Radiographic Diagnostic Dilemma

Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a rare benign fibro-osseous tumor. The radiographic and clini‌cal features of this lesion are unpredictable and variable. In this report, the patient was a 12-year old girl with a painless swelling which demon‌strated an opaque lesion with radiolucent zone to involve left posterior portion of the mandible on panoramic radiography. The radiographic manife‌stati...

Aggressive osteoblastoma of the mandible: A diagnostic dilemma

The clinical facts and radiologic findings are very important in the diagnostic evaluation of jaw swellings, and must be considered along with histologic findings. Osteoblastoma, an uncommon primary lesion of the bone that occasionally arises in the jaws, is one such lesion causing a localized jaw swelling. Clinically, osteoblastoma can be symptomatic or even remain symptom-free, and may be dia...

Aggressive Fibromatosis versus Low Grade Fibrosarcoma - a Diagnostic Dilemma

The fibromatosis are a group of lesions that can infiltrate widely, replacing muscle, fat and bone with fibrous tissue of varying cellularity. They do not develop distant metastases, however, locally they show an aggressive and infiltrative behaviour. The major challenge in the diagnosis lies in not over or under diagnose of fibrosarcoma and an underdiagnosis of reactive fibrosis. But this hist...

Primordial Odontogenic Tumor of Mandible; A Case with Proposed Diagnostic Criteria