title: [An adolescent boy with fibrous dysplasia of the maxillary bone].
abstract: After a diagnostic study involving computer tomography and bone scintigraphy, a 16-year-old boy appeared to be suffering from the monostotic type of fibrous dysplasia of the maxilla. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological examination ofa biopsy. During a follow-up period of 8 years, no signs of progression were evident. Fibrous dysplasia is a rather poorly understood benign bone disease which may occur anywhere in the skeleton. In general, histopathological confirmation using a bone biopsy is recommended. Fibrous dysplasia can be divided into 3 types: 1. monostotic, 2. polyostotic, and 3. polyostotic with endocrine problems. In the majority of cases, a wait-and-watch strategy is sufficient. Malignant transformation is extremely rare and appears almost exclusively in polyostotic cases.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Mondziekten, Kaak- en Aangezichtschirurgie, Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum/Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nieuwland
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vierhout
authors.forename: E M W
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Eekhoff
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Waal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005358:Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D057832:Watchful Waiting