Ossifying Fibroma in the Maxilla and Mandible: A Case Report With a Brief Literature Review
Midion Mapfumo Chidzonga, Ephraim Sunhwa, Rudo Makunike-Mutasa
Abstract
Fibro-osseous lesions in the jaw bones include fibrous dysplasia, ossifying fibroma (OF), cemento-ossifying fibroma, florid osseous dysplasia, and focal osseous dysplasia. OF is the most common fibro-osseous tumor that presents as a slow-growing well-encapsulated benign neoplasm composed of varying amounts of bone or cement-like tissue in a fibrous stroma well-demarcated from the adjacent normal bone. OF is most common in the jaw bones, with a predilection for the mandible. OF usually occur as solitary lesions and rarely as multiple lesions in a patient. We present clinical and radiologic features, histopathology, and surgical management of a rare case with large synchronous OFs in the mandible and maxilla and a brief review of the literature.