title: Solitary myofibroma of the adult mandible: a case report.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman presented with a swelling in the anterior mandible appearing radiographically as a well-defined radiolucency causing mobility of the anterior teeth. A clinical diagnosis of a radicular cyst led to removal of the lesion and the associated mobile teeth. Postoperative histopathology led to a diagnosis of intraosseous solitary myofibroma of the mandible. Solitary lesions of myofibroma are exceedingly rare in adult jaws, with only 3 previously documented cases.
authors.affiliation: SHO Oral Medicine and Pathology, Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, The School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield, UK. d.brierley@sth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brierley
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khurram
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Speight
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D047708:Myofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000032:analysis; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D018952:Antigens, CD34; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1