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Indian Journal of Dental Education

Volume  7, Issue 1, January - March 2014, Pages 31-33
 

Case Report

A Challenging Mandibular Tumour – Desmoplastic Fibroma: Case Report

Parimala Kumar, Laxmish Kumar, Patrick J. McCann, Andrew Burns

*Assistant Professor, Dept. of Periodontics, Post Graduate, Oral and Maxillofacial Dept., AJ Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, ***Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland, ****Consultant Oral a

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Abstract

Desmoplastic Fibroma is a rare Mandibular tumour, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. It is a locally aggressive tumour with a high rate of local recurrence if not completely excised. A 21 yr old male consulted our department with a six month history of slowly growing swelling left mandible. He also had a complaint of complete numbness of the left lower lip and chin. He had a large radiolucent lesion on the left angle and ramus of the mandible measuring 100x 80 mm in dimension. Further investigations included biopsy and CT scans.
It was a solid fibrous tumour perforating the cortical plates. Histopathological examination confirmed Desmoplastic Fibroma. He had resection of the tumour by hemimandibulectomy and resection of the left condyle. It was reconstructed with a left fibula graft and temporomandibular prosthesis.

Keywords: Aggressive tumour; Bone; Desmoplastic fibroma; Mandible; Numbness to lip.


Corresponding Author : Parimala Kumar