Acta Stomatologica Croatica (Jan 2015)

Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report with a Review of Literature

  • Suresh K. Sachdeva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc49/1/8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 1
pp. 60 – 64

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Fibrous dysplasia is a benign fibro-osseous disorder, characterized by fibrous connective tissue containing abnormal bone which replaces normal bone. It represents 2 to 5% of all bone tumors and 7% of all benign tumors. Most commonly it affects younger age groups, with a higher prevalence in the maxilla than the mandible. It is a lesion of unknown etiology, uncertain pathogenesis, and diverse histopathology. Fibrous dysplasia can involve multiple bones (polyostotic) or a single bone (monostotic). The lesions of fibrous dysplasia can be surgically recontoured for esthetic or functional purposes once the growth ceases. Here we report a case of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia in an 83-year-old elderly male patient with emphasis on radiographic features.

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