A case of lingual osseous choristoma

Mamoru MACHINO; Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI; Koichi OSAWA; Toshikazu OTONO; Tamuro MASUDA; Nobuo UTSUMI

doi:10.5794/jjoms.36.1851

Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Online ISSN : 2186-1579
Print ISSN : 0021-5163
ISSN-L : 0021-5163

A case of lingual osseous choristoma

Mamoru MACHINO, Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Koichi OSAWA, Toshikazu OTONO, Tamuro MASUDA, Nobuo UTSUMI

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Keywords: osseous choristoma, osteoma, tongue

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1990 Volume 36 Issue 8 Pages 1851-1855

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.36.1851

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Abstract

Lingual osseous choristoma is a very rare lesion and was first described as osteoma of the tongue by Monsarrat in 1913. In the Japanese literatures only 13 cases were reported previously. An additional case of a 14-year-old girl is reported and discussed in this article. In most of the cases, lingual osseous choristoma arised in the posterior part of the tongue.

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