title: Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible: a case with an unusual clinical presentation.
abstract: A new case of desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible is reported. The patient was a 29-year-old woman who presented with a 5-year course of abscess-like lesions simulating a chronic apical infection. Radiographically, a nonspecific, small osteolytic area was observed. A wide resection of the tumor and the neighboring bone was performed.
authors: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Turin, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Valente
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Migliario
authors: S D
authors: SD
authors: Bianchi
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Vercellino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography