title: Peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch: report of a case.
abstract: Osteoma is a benign, slow-growing osteogenic tumor that sometimes arises from the craniomaxillofacial region, such as the sinus, temporal or jaw bones. Osteoma consists of compact or cancellous bone that may be peripheral, central or extraskeletal type. Peripheral osteoma arises from the periosteum and is commonly a unilateral, pedunculated mushroom-like mass. Peripheral osteoma of the mandible is relatively uncommon, and peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch is extremely rare, although many cases arise from the mandibular body, angle, condyle, or coronoid process. We report here an unusual peripheral osteoma of the mandibular notch in a 78-year-old nonsyndromic female.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, , Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maegawa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsudo
authors.forename: Iwai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tohnai
keywords: Mandible; Osteoma; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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