title: Maxillectomy for Cementifying Osseous Dysplasia of the Maxilla: A Case Report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Osseous dysplasias are the most common subtype of fibro-osseous lesions of the maxillofacial bones. They are benign and often present as incidental asymptomatic lesions. Diagnosis can be made with clinical and radiographic examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article reports the case of a 47-year-old man with a huge cementifying osseous dysplasia of the maxilla that presented with secondary infection after teeth extraction and repair of oroantral fistula. A subtotal maxillectomy had to be done after conservative treatment failed to resolve the infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Biopsy, tooth extraction or surgical trauma to the affected bones of osseous dysplasia could easily lead to severe secondary infection, the treatment of which may be very difficult, and thus should be avoided if possible.
authors.affiliation: Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital ENT Department Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevtap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Celal Ertuğ Etimesgut State hospital ENT Department, Etimesgut-Ankara, Turkey. mgokhandemir@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mehmet Gokhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital Pathology Department Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kayhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Basak
authors.affiliation: Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital ENT Department Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paksoy
mesh_terms: D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Cemento-osseous dysplasia; Fibro-osseous lesions; Florid osseous dysplasia; Focal osseous dysplasia; Maxilla; Maxillectomy; Osseous dysplasia; Periapical osseous dysplasia