%0 Journal Article
%T Multifocal peripheral odontogenic fibroma
%A Kamal Reet
%A Palaskar Sangeeta
%A Shetty Vishwa
%A Bhushan Anju
%J Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
%D 2008
%I Medknow Publications
%X A 35-year-old woman was presented with diffuse, sessile, firm, and exophytic lesions in molar premolar region in both the jaws. The patient had poor oral hygiene, with grade I mobility of first molars in both the jaws. Orthopantamograph showed horizontal bone loss in relation to the same. A clinical diagnosis of hyperplastic gingivitis was made. Incisional biopsies followed by microscopic examination revealed a pattern of peripheral odontogenic fibroma (WHO type). Peripheral odontogenic fibroma (POdF) is characteristically described as a solitary neoplasm, and very few cases of diffuse peripheral odontogenic fibroma have been reported in literature. Despite the rarity of POdF presenting as a diffuse lesion, the lesion should be included as a possible differential diagnosis of diffuse single or multiple gingival lesions.
%K Peripheral odontogenic fibroma
%K maxilla
%K odontogenic tumor
%K WHO type
%U http://www.jomfp.in/article.asp?issn=0973-029X;year=2008;volume=12;issue=2;spage=72;epage=74;aulast=Kamal