title: The giant cell fibroma. A review of 464 cases.
abstract: The biopsy service at Indiana University School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Pathology, accessioned 464 cases of giant cell fibroma from February, 1971, until May, 1980. From a study of these cases, it appears that the giant cell fibroma is a distinctive lesion with a characteristic age distribution, location, sex incidence, and histologic appearance. Clinically, the giant cell fibroma presents as an asymptomatic, papillary, pedunculated lesion, commonly regarded as a papilloma. It is fairly common in young persons and usually occurs on the gingiva. No sex predilection has been noted, and simple surgical excision appears to be the treatment of choice.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology