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This case describes a 35-year-old female who presented with an incidental finding of sublingual gland sialolithiasis. The clinical presentation, investigations and management as well as the pathology are described. This case highlights the diagnostic dilemma in determining the anatomical position of sialoliths on radiographs.
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Incidental Findings , Salivary Gland Calculi/diagnostic imaging , Sublingual Gland/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Asymptomatic Diseases , Chronic Disease , Dilatation, Pathologic/pathology , Female , Humans , Radiography, Panoramic , Salivary Ducts/pathology , Salivary Gland Calculi/pathology , Sialadenitis/pathology , Sublingual Gland/pathologySubject(s)
Gingival Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis , Adult , Biopsy , Combined Modality Therapy , Diagnosis, Differential , Gingival Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Gingival Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/radiotherapy , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/surgery , Male , Radiography, PanoramicABSTRACT
Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is an uncommon fibro-osseous lesion occurring in the facial bones. It has been recognised as a separate histopathological entity among the fibro-osseous group of lesions. Fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial bones are difficult to classify and treat however a common factor to all is the conversion of the bone to benign fibrous tissue with a varying degree of mineralised tissue. This case describes a 15 year old patient with a juvenile aggressive ossifying fibroma (JAOF) and an estimate of the rate of growth of such a rare lesion.