Lc. Schneider et al., Malignant spindle cell tumor arising in the mandible of a patient with florid osseous dysplasia, ORAL SURG O, 88(1), 1999, pp. 69-73
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS
Florid osseous dysplasia is a non-neoplastic condition of the alveolar proc
esses of the jaws characterized by the replacement of multiple foci of bone
by fibrous connective tissue, accompanied by gradual deposition of cementu
m, bone, or both. The lesions are not associated with inflammatory diseases
of the dental pulp or periodontal tissues. in fully developed florid osseo
us dysplasia, there are multiple lobulated masses in the alveolar bone bila
terally in the mandible and sometimes in the maxilla. This is the first rep
ort of a malignancy originating within the jaws of a patient with florid os
seous dysplasia. A spindle cell malignancy was diagnosed in the mandible of
a 54-year-old black woman whose jaw was affected by florid osseous dysplas
ia bilaterally Despite extensive surgery and radiotherapy, the patient died
20 months after diagnosis of the malignancy.