title: Peripheral ossifying fibroma: case report.
abstract: We present a case of peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) in a 17-year-old boy. Clinical, radiographic and histologic characteristics are discussed and recommendations regarding differential diagnosis, treatment and follow-up are provided. Lesions histologically similar to POF have been given various names in the existing literature; therefore, the controversial varied nomenclature and possible etiopathogenesis of POF are discussed. A slowly growing soft tissue mass with speckled calcifications in the anterior oral cavity of children or young adults should raise the suspicion of a reactive gingival lesion such as POF.
authors.affiliation: periodontics_gdc@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pradeep
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Guruprasad
authors.forename: Esha
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla