A case of peripheral odontogenic fibroma arising in the premolar region of the mandible

Jun HASEGAWA; Yasushi TAKEMOTO; Ion KATAYAMA; Hiroji OZAKI; Yoshitaka KIMURA; Akira YAMAZAKI

doi:10.5794/jjoms.43.358

Jun HASEGAWA, Yasushi TAKEMOTO, Ion KATAYAMA, Hiroji OZAKI, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Akira YAMAZAKI

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Keywords: odontogenic tumor, odontogenic fibroma, peripheral

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1997 Volume 43 Issue 4 Pages 358-360

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.43.358

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Abstract

We report a case of peripheral odontogenic fibroma arising in the mandible.
A 26-year-old Japanese woman visited our hospital because of gingival swelling in the right premolar region of the mandible.
The diagnosis was epulis, and the lesion was extracted. The pathological diagnosis was peripheral odontogenic fibroma. This may be the llth case reported in Japan.

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