Heo Min-Suk, Cho Hyeon-Jeong, Kwon Ki-Jeong, Lee Sam-Sun, Choi Soon-Chul
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and Dental Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Korea.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2004 Feb;97(2):276-80. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.07.002.
Benign fibrous histiocytoma (BFH) is a very rare benign tumor occurring in the jaw. The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical, radiographic, and microscopic appearance of BFH occurring in the mandible.
A 42-year-old man had an asymptomatic swelling of the left mandibular posterior area.
Conventional radiographs revealed a well-defined multilocular radiolucency involving the left mandibular body, ramus, coronoid process, and condylar head. The lesion showed the thinning and expansion of the cortex. There were many thin, indistinct septa in the lesion. The computed tomography (CT) scans showed bone destruction with marginal sclerosis and a heterogeneous soft-tissue mass expanding the mandible. Microscopic examination revealed a cellular tumor composed of uniform spindle-shaped cells arranged in a storiform pattern.
BFH is a very rare benign tumor occurring in the jaw, so more cases should be reported to understand the characteristics of the lesion.
