title: Familial ossifying fibromas: report of two cases.
abstract: Ossifying fibroma is a benign fibro-osseous lesion of the jaw containing varying amounts of calcified deposits such as bone, cementum or both. This type of lesion is referred to as dysplastic or neoplastic in nature. In 2000, a 52-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic complaining of a giant swelling in the mandibular premolar-molar region. A histopathological diagnosis of ossifying fibroma was made. Three months later, his daughter was admitted with a swelling on her mandible. Following biopsy, this patient was also diagnosed as having ossifying fibroma. The present report describes these two cases of familial and multiple ossifying fibromas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. emcanger@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Emin Murat
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Canger
authors.forename: Peruze
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Celenk
authors.forename: Saadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kayipmaz
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alkant
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gunhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged