title: [Peripheral ossifying fibroma of maxilla].
abstract: Peripheral ossifying fibromas are rare pathologies characterized by the replacement of bone to fibrous tissue. In this article, we report a 64-year-old female case admitted to our clinic with a mass in the oral cavity for 10 years. On physical examination, a 5x4 cm, well-defined, pedunculated mass was detected in the anterior arch of the right maxilla. Based on the clinical, radiographic and histopathological findings, the mass was diagnosed as an ossifying fibroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Bartın State Hospital, 74100 Bartın, Turkey. duygualtuntas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Gökçe Aksoy
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged