%0 Journal Article
%T Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia and osteomyelitis: a case report of a simultaneous presentation
%A Carvalho
%A Cyntia Helena Pereira de
%A Lima
%A Emeline das Neves de Ara¨²jo
%A Pereira
%A Joabe dos Santos
%A Medeiros
%A Ana Miryam Costa de
%A Silveira
%A ¨¦ricka Janine Dantas da
%J Revista Odonto Ci¨ºncia
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1980-65232012000200014
%X purpose: to report a case of florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (fcod) and chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (cdso) in a simultaneous presentation, emphasizing the significance of differential diagnosis and appropriate management of these conditions. case description: a female, 69 years old, black patient had a complaint of itching and pain in posterior left mandibular region. the patient had a yellowish hard mass throughout all quadrants of the jaws. a panoramic radiograph showed a lobular, diffuse and irregular radiopaque lesion. based on clinical and histopathological findings, the diagnosis was fcod associated with secondary osteomyelitis. conclusion: this report reinforces the need of accurate assessment of clinical, radiographic and histopathological aspects for the diagnosis and correct selection of treatment in cases of combined lesions.
%K fluorid cemento-osseous dysplasia
%K osteomyelitis.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1980-65232012000200014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en