A Rare Location of Benign Osteoblastoma: Review of the Literature and Report of a Case
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2004
Yazarlar: Ufuk Bilkay, Ozgur Erdem, Cuneyt Ozek, Evren Helvaci, Kamil Kilic, Yeşim ERTAN, Tahir GÜRLER
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Uluslararası, Wos, 2004, cilt 15, ss 222-225
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200403000-00009
Özet
Benign osteoblastoma is a rare primary bone tumor that constitutes approximately 1% of all primary bone tumors. Its occurrence in the craniomaxillofacial region as also rare and represents only 15% of all osteoblastomas. The tumor shows a predilection for the male gender and constitutes less than 1% of all tumors of the maxillofacial region. In the maxillofacial region, the mandible is affected more frequently than the maxilla, and the coronoid process of the mandible is the area most rarely affected by osteoblastoma. Before this report, 53 cases have been reported in the literature. In this report, a rare location of osteoblastoma, namely, the coronoid process of the mandible, is described.