title: Melorheostosis and central giant cell granuloma of the mandible in a 15-year-old girl.
abstract: Melorheostosis is a nonhereditary bone dysplasia primarily affecting the appendicular skeleton. Because clinical and histologic features are often nonspecific, the diagnosis is often based on the radiographic presentation. Involvement of the craniofacial skeleton is rare. We describe a case of a 15-year-old girl with appendicular and craniofacial melorheostosis with adjacent central giant cell granuloma. We discuss the possible significance of this previously unreported finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, Memphis, TN, USA. Electronic address: kander20@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shintaku
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rosebush
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Rawal
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Woodard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed