title: Juvenile ossifying fibroma diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: Preoperative diagnosis of jaw lesions is not always possible on the basis of clinico-radiological findings alone and needs to be confirmed before attempting any surgical intervention. Fibro-osseous lesions of the jaw comprise a spectrum of diseases which include cement-osseous dysplasia, fibrous dysplasia, and ossifying fibroma. The cytomorphological distinction between these individual entities is difficult. We present a case of maxillary fibro-osseous lesion in an adolescent girl diagnosed and categorized as juvenile ossifying fibroma preoperatively on cytology and confirmed on histopathology. Although aspirates are usually paucicellular in fibro-osseous lesions, certain cytological features if present in cellular cytosmears can offer further categorization and a definitive diagnosis may be possible in light of clinico-radiological correlation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Surbhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Sonal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vipin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: FNAC; fibro-osseous lesion; jaw lesion; juvenile ossifying fibroma