title: Fibrous dysplasia of mandible.
abstract: An elderly male presented to the ENT, Outpatient Department at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) with a mass on the left side of the face and lower jaw for 8 - 9 years. It was of a tennis ball size. No treatment was sought by him during those years. A diagnosis of benign fibro-osseous lesion of the mandible was made. Later the histopathology proved the same. he first occurrence in a male gender and involvement of the mandible is uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC) and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. kashrafi2010@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S Khalid A
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ashrafi
authors.lastname: Asim
authors.forename: Yousuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khambaty
authors.forename: Zahid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Suhail
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D016896:Treatment Outcome