title: Central giant cell granuloma of the posterior maxilla: a case report.
abstract: Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), formerly called giant cell reparative granuloma, is a non-neoplastic proliferative lesion of unknown etiol-ogy. It occurs most commonly in the mandible. The case reported here resembled a wide variety of conditions that led to a misdiagnosis both on clinical and radiographic examinations but was histopathologically diagnosed as CGCG. We describe a case of CGCG arising from the poste-rior maxilla to highlight the importance of histo-pathology in the diagnosis of this enigmatic le-sion.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran.
authors.forename: Hooman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yazdani
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pourshahidi
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esmaeli
authors.forename: Ali Taghavi
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Zenouz
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehdipour
keywords: Central giant cell granuloma; swellings of posterior maxilla