title: Ossifying (odontogenic) fibroma of the maxilla. A case report.
abstract: A case of grossly disfiguring ossifying fibroma of the left maxilla is presented. The lesion expanded the left maxilla, the left zygomatic bone and it filled the left maxillary antrum to the partial obstruction of the nares. The lesion was completely excised under general anesthesia. About a year post-operatively, patient was fitted with a denture obturator. Further cosmetic osteotomy contemplated on the zyomatic bone which was flayered out could not be carried out because the patient was lost to follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, Division of Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosadomi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akinosi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology