title: Giant ossifying fibroma: a clinicopathologic study of 8 tumors.
abstract: Clinical, radiographic and microscopic features of 8 ossifying fibromas diagnosed in 7 patients and measuring more than 8 cm in greatest diameter, were reviewed. The tumors occurred in both juvenile and middle aged patients and all lesions in women involved the maxilla. The abundance of fibrous connective tissue and resorption of mineralized deposits are indicative of altered cellular differentiation and proliferative activities in large ossifying fibromas. Focal areas of aneurysmal bone cyst formation were identified in the majority of lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Medunsa.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: van Heerden
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Raubenheimer
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreidler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012391:Root Resorption