Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6056629 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Melorheostosis is a nonhereditary bone dysplasia primarily affecting the appendicular skeleton. Because clinical and histologic features are often nonspecific, the diagnosis is often based on the radiographic presentation. Involvement of the craniofacial skeleton is rare. We describe a case of a 15-year-old girl with appendicular and craniofacial melorheostosis with adjacent central giant cell granuloma. We discuss the possible significance of this previously unreported finding.
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Authors
K.M. Anderson, W.H. Shintaku, M.S. Rosebush, Y.B. Rawal, E.S. Woodard,