Maxillary desmoplastic fibroma with initial symptoms suggestive of sinusitis.

Abstract

Desmoplastic fibroma (DF) is a benign intra-osseous neoplasm characterized by the formation of abundant collagen fibers. It arises most commonly in the jaws and exhibits local aggressiveness and high recurrence rates after local resection. An uncommon case of expansive DF involving the right maxilla, maxillary sinus, and inferior orbital wall of a 49-year-old man whose initial symptoms were similar to acute sinusitis is presented, and the criteria for diagnosis and clinical management are discussed.

• Authors: Rogério Oliveira Gondak, Marcelo Brum Corrêa, Matheus Vieira da Costa, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol) Vol. 116 Issue 6 Pg. e510-3 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 2212-4411 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23669201 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Biopsy
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Fibroma, Desmoplastic (diagnosis, pathology)
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• Male
• Maxillary Neoplasms (diagnosis, pathology)
• Middle Aged
• Radiography, Panoramic
• Sinusitis (diagnosis)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed