title: Gigantiform cementoma in a child.
abstract: The objective of this report is to present an unusual case of a gigantiform cementoma manifesting with gross expansion of the maxilla in a 6-year-old black female. No history of similar lesions in the family of the patient was obtained. Radiographic examination revealed a well-circumscribed lobular radio-opaque mass surrounded by a radiolucent margin. The macroscopic specimen showed lobular mineralized masses with a ″ginger root″-like appearance. Microscopic examination showed a lobular calcified mass with a peripheral zone of fibropsammomatous tissue corresponding with the radiolucent margin. The differential diagnoses, which include osteoma, ossifying fibroma and cementoblastoma, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiology, School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Oral Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa. noffke@ul.ac.za
authors.forename: C E E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Noffke
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ngwenya
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nzima
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Raubenheimer
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Rakgwale
mesh_terms: D002485:Cementoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology