DOI:

10.37988/1811-153X_2022_2_63

Peripheral ossifying fibroma or fibrous epulis with ossification

Authors

  • M.V. Sotnikova 1, PhD in Medical Sciences, associate professor of the Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department
  • E.V. Kuzmina 1, PhD in Medical Sciences, associate professor of the Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department
  • V.N. Borovoy 1, 2, PhD in Medical Sciences, associate professor of the Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department; head of the Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • P.A. Kovalkova 3, pathologist
  • 1 Smolensk State Medical University, 214019, Smolensk, Russia
  • 2 Smolensk Regional Clinical Hospital, 214018, Smolensk, Russia
  • 3 Smolensk Regional Institute of Pathology, 214018, Smolensk, Russia

Abstract

Clinical case of rare pathology - fibrous epulis with ossification in a 72-year-old patient is presented. A rounded formation 2×3 cm in size containing bone tissue was diagnosed in the central part of maxillary alveolar ridge, during x-ray and histology examinations. The treatment was to remove the epulis. During the follow-up examination in 11 months, no recurrence was observed. Epulis is a widespread tumor-like lesion of the oral mucosa. Fibrous epulis is the most common of them. Despite the fact that the pathology has been quite extensively studied, information about possible signs of ossification of fibrous epulis are extremely rarely described. Discussion. According to the literature, terms “fibrous epulis with ossification” and “peripheral ossifying fibroma” are synonymous. However, the second one is much more common. But fundamentally, this term is wrong, since this pathology has no connection with ossifying fibroma of the bone and, at the same time, is not fibroma. The formation presented in the article is not caused by tumor, it is reactive tissue growth in response to irritation, which is epulis.
Conclusion.
In case of ossification in fibrous supragingival neoplasm we should diagnose “fibrous epulis with ossification”.

Key words:

fibrous epulis, peripheral ossifying fibroma, fibrous epulis with ossification, ossifying fibroma

For Citation

[1]
Sotnikova M.V., Kuzmina E.V., Borovoy V.N., Kovalkova P.A. Peripheral ossifying fibroma or fibrous epulis with ossification. Clinical Dentistry (Russia).  2022; 25 (2): 63—67. DOI: 10.37988/1811-153X_2022_2_63

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Received

March 6, 2022

Published on

June 1, 2022