Singh Anurag, Sharma Arun, Chandra Nidhee
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ITS - Centre for Dental Studies and Research, Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Contemp Clin Dent. 2011 Apr;2(2):131-3. doi: 10.4103/0976-237X.83076.
Cherubism is a rare, self-limiting, non-neoplastic fibro-osseous disorder of the jaws, usually seen in pediatric population. It is characterized by painless bilateral swelling of the jaws that gives the patient a typical cherubic appearance. Here, we describe the clinical, radiographic, histologic and computed tomographic features of cherubism in a 6-year-old boy.