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Maxillary Non-ossifying Fibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Neda Yazdani * 1, Amirabbas Jafari2 , Adineh A Javadian Langaroodi3 , Abbas Shokri4 , Arash Dehghan5 , Mohammad Jafari6 , Amin Mahdavi Asl2
1- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry , Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran
2- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran
3- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
4- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry , Hamadan university of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran
6- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Abstract:   (4387 Views)
Introduction: Non-ossifying Fibroma (NOF) is a relatively common benign and non-neoplastic lesion in long bones of children and adolescents. As far as very few cases of NOF have been reported in jaws and what was managed to be found regarding all reported cases having occurred only in the mandible, in this article we are going to report a case of maxillary NOF in a 38-year-old female.
Keywords: Case report, Maxilla, Non-ossifying, Fibroma
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Type of Study: Original article | Subject: Radiology
Received: 2013/11/14 | Accepted: 2013/11/17 | Published: 2013/11/17
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