Aggressive juvenile fibromatosis involving the mandible: surgical excision with immediate reconstruction.
Aggressive juvenile fibromatosis involving the facial bones is rare, difficult to diagnose clinically, histologically confusing, and requires aggressive surgical treatment. Only four cases involving the mandible have been previously reported. A review of the literature is presented here in conjunction with a case report of this rare tumor.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012272:Ribs / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous