Fibro-osseous and giant cell lesions, including brown tumor of the mandible, maxilla, and other craniofacial bones

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2003 Aug;13(3):525-40. doi: 10.1016/s1052-5149(03)00040-6.

Abstract

Fibro-osseous, osseous, cartilaginous, and giant cell lesions of the mandible, maxilla, and other craniofacial bones share overlapping clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features that may lead to diagnostic confusion and possible misdiagnosis. The value of combined clinical-radiologic-pathologic correlation in the diagnosis of these lesions is paramount to achieving the correct diagnosis with subsequent implementation of appropriate therapeutic intervention.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Facial Bones / diagnostic imaging*
  • Facial Bones / pathology
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / pathology
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / pathology
  • Humans
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skull Neoplasms / pathology