title: Primary mandibular bone xanthoma. A case report.
abstract: We describe a case of a xanthoma located in the mandible of an 11-year-old boy. The lesion, apparently benign, did not produce pain. It did, however, produce mandibular expansion by infiltration. In jaws, xanthoma has been very rare; in order to diagnose primary xanthoma, it was necessary to discount other histological entities or the association of hyperlipoproteinemia. Treatment was the total excision of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Avenida Blasco Ibañez 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain. marques_mar@gva.es
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marqués Mateo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puche Torres
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miragall Alba
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Iglesias Gimilio
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Pascual Gil
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D014746:Vimentin