Peripheral ossifying fibroma

Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is one of the inflammatory reactive hyperplasia of gingiva. It represents a separate clinical entity rather than a transitional form of pyogenic granuloma and shares unique clinical characteristics and diverse histopathological features. We present a case of POF in...

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Autores principales: Mohiuddin, Khizer, Priya, N. S., Ravindra, Shivamurthy, Murthy, Sarvani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3800416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174733
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.118325
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author Mohiuddin, Khizer
Priya, N. S.
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Murthy, Sarvani
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description Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is one of the inflammatory reactive hyperplasia of gingiva. It represents a separate clinical entity rather than a transitional form of pyogenic granuloma and shares unique clinical characteristics and diverse histopathological features. We present a case of POF in a 65-year-old male patient in the posterior maxillary gingiva, the clinical presentation of which differs from the usual presentation. Differential diagnosis and some interesting facts of POF are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-38004162013-10-30 Peripheral ossifying fibroma Mohiuddin, Khizer Priya, N. S. Ravindra, Shivamurthy Murthy, Sarvani J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is one of the inflammatory reactive hyperplasia of gingiva. It represents a separate clinical entity rather than a transitional form of pyogenic granuloma and shares unique clinical characteristics and diverse histopathological features. We present a case of POF in a 65-year-old male patient in the posterior maxillary gingiva, the clinical presentation of which differs from the usual presentation. Differential diagnosis and some interesting facts of POF are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3800416/ /pubmed/24174733 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.118325 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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