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.
Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City 52242.
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SD
Vincent
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GE
Lilly
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JD
Ruskin
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*