Abstract

CESA, Thiago Serafim et al. Osteoma of the mandible: a case report. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.1, pp. 59-64. ISSN 1808-5210.

Osteomas are benign tumors of growing bone that present in a periosteal or endosteal form and commonly affect the craniofacial skeleton bones, being rarely found in other parts of the body. When present, they are often found in the mandible, maxilla, frontal bone and paranasal sinuses. They are slow-growing neoplasms, usually asymptomatic, which can develop in compact or cancellous bone. The peripheral osteoma usually presents as a solitary unilateral tumor, most often found in the body of the mandible. This paper presents a case report of a peripheral osteoma located in the mandibular body in a symptomatic female patient in her eighth decade of life with ten years of progression.

Keywords : Osteoma; Mandible; Maxilla; Bone Neoplasms.