title: Peripheral osteoma in an unusual location on the mandible.
abstract: Osteoma is a benign, slow-growing, painless, discrete lesion which is characterised with the proliferation of a compact or cancellous bone. Osteomas are rare on the jaws. Lesions of the mandible developed most often in the condyle, angle and margin. Osteoma developed on the genial tubercle area had only been reported in one case. A 50-year-old female patient has been admitted to our department with the symptom of a hard mass under the chin area. In extra-oral and radiographic examinations, a 1×1 cm size, round, palpable, immobile, radiopaque mass has been determined on the genial tubercle area. The lesion has been completely removed under local anaesthesia by extra-oral approach. Her recovery period was uneventful. Osteoma diagnosis was confirmed with histopathological examination. There is no recurrence at 3-year follow-up. The purpose of this case report is to present a peripheral osteoma case that occurred in the genial tubercle area which is an unusual place.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sercan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kucukkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özle
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baris
mesh_terms: D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D016896:Treatment Outcome