1976 Volume 1 Issue 3 Pages 169-176
A case of epulis osteoplastica(peripheral fibroma with calcification) in the maxilla has been reported.
A 51-year-old man was referred to our clinic, complaining of swelling in the left maxilla of about ten years’ duration. Physical examination revealed a pedunculated and cartilagelike hard mass of the size of an infant’s fist in the region of 
. Roentgenologic examination disclosed severe resorptive changes of the alveolar bone in the region of 2-5 and a number of scattered calcified materials in the mass.
Under I. V. sedation with diazepam and local anesthesia with 2% lidocaine, the mass was excised en bloc, including the teeth of 2-5. The postoperative course was satisfactory.
Histopathologic diagnosis was epulis fibrosa osteoplastica.
