title: Ossifying fibroma of the maxilla: a case report including its imaging features and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: Ossifying fibroma (OF), a rare nonodontogenic tumor, is defined as a bone-related jawbone lesion. The main histopathological feature of OF is the replacement of bone by benign connective tissue. Ossifying fibroma usually occurs in the second to fourth decades of life and shows a predilection for females. Ossifying fibroma most commonly occurs in the mandible, and OF arising from the anterior part of the maxilla is rare. Ossifying fibromas display various radiographic findings, including varying degrees of radiolucency and radiopacity, depending on the proportions of their soft and hard tissue components. Depending on their components, it can be difficult to distinguish OF from other fibroosseous lesions and some odontogenic tumors by using conventional radiographs, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We report a case of OF in the anterior maxilla in a 56-year-old man, together with its histopathological and imaging findings including the dynamic MRI findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katase
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unetsubo
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Asaumi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagatsuka
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media