title: Aggressive juvenile fibromatosis involving the mandible: surgical excision with immediate reconstruction.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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