Recurrent enlargement of the left maxillary alveolus.
Presented is a case report of osteosarcoma of the maxilla in a patient with Paget's disease. This case is unusual because of recurrent benign soft tissue enlargements at the site of eventual malignant disease.
Vincent
S D
SD
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City 52242.
Lilly
G E
GE
Ruskin
J D
JD
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*