Surgical management of synchronous central giant cell granuloma and ossifying fibroma of the mandible

Massimo Fasolis; Emanuele Zavattero; Paolo Garzino-Demo; Guglielmo Ramieri; Sid Berrone

doi:10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a2ddc4

Surgical management of synchronous central giant cell granuloma and ossifying fibroma of the mandible

J Craniofac Surg. 2013 Nov;24(6):e627-30. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a2ddc4.

Authors

Massimo Fasolis¹, Emanuele Zavattero, Paolo Garzino-Demo, Guglielmo Ramieri, Sid Berrone

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 24220488
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a2ddc4

Abstract

We describe the surgical management of an uncommon case of synchronous presentation of central giant cell granuloma and ossifying fibroma in the mandible. A mandibular resection was performed and a fibula-free flap was harvested to reconstruct the defect.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fibroma, Ossifying / complications
Fibroma, Ossifying / surgery
Fibula / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Free Tissue Flaps / transplantation
Granuloma, Giant Cell / complications
Granuloma, Giant Cell / surgery
Humans
Male
Mandibular Diseases / complications
Mandibular Diseases / surgery*
Mandibular Neoplasms / complications
Mandibular Neoplasms / surgery*
Mandibular Reconstruction / methods
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods
Transplant Donor Site / surgery