title: Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma: A case report with review of literature.
abstract: Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma (PCOF) is a rare osteogenic neoplasm that ordinarily presents as an epulis-like growth. This is of a reactive rather than neoplastic nature and its pathogenesis is uncertain. PCOF predominantly affects adolescent and young adults with greatest prevalence around 28 years. We report here a rare clinical case of PCOF of the mandible, 1 cm mesiodistally and 1.5 cm occluso-gingivally in diameter, which caused difficulty in eating and speech, in a 42-year-old female patient. She was asymptomatic for 1 year and on follow-up for 6 mo post surgically showed gingival health and normal radioopacity of bone without any recurrence. Clinical, radiographic and histological characteristics are discussed and recommendations regarding differential diagnosis, treatment and follow up are provided. The controversial varied nomenclature and possible etiopathogenesis of PCOF are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Amit Kumar Mishra, Rahul Maru, Shrikant Vishnuprasad Dhodapkar, Gagan Jaiswal, Rajesh Kumar, Heena Punjabi, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Dentistry and Post Graduate Institute, Indore 452018, India.
authors.forename: Amit Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maru
authors.forename: Shrikant Vishnuprasad
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Dhodapkar
authors.forename: Gagan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Heena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Punjabi
keywords: Gingivectomy; Granuloma; Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma