Cementifying fibroma of the frontal bone: a case report.
Cementifying fibromas are rare fibro-osseous tumours that are usually found in the jaws. We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with a mass in the frontal bone causing frontal bossing and proptosis. The preoperative diagnosis was not clear despite computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging. The lesion was resected completely and found to be a cementifying fibroma. It was reconstructed at the same operation and he made a good recovery with no sign of recurrence.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
Rowson
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D002648:Child; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed