title: Ossifying fibroma with non-specific cystic degeneration: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fibro-osseous lesion are a group histologically similar lesions but with characteristic clinical and radiographic features. The definitive diagnosis of these lesions requires integration of clinical, radiological, histological, and gross surgical features. Ossifying fibroma is an encapsulated lesion that is often found in the mandible of middle-aged females.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of ossifying fibroma in a 25-year-old female with associated non-specific cystic changes and mimicking simple bone cyst.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case reported here is diagnostically challenging and requires proper integration of clinical, radiological, histological, and gross surgical features to reach definitive diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai 600 003, India.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gnanadeepam
authors.forename: Irulandy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ponniah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed