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Myofibromas are rare benign lesions and are often found as solitary entities. The treatment of the lesion is complete excision and the recurrence is rare. A 56-year-old female presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinic for further evaluation and management of a solitary lesion of the right body of the mandible that was first noticed incidentally by her referring dentist. An incisional biopsy was first performed in the clinic with the diagnosis of myofibroma. The patient was then treated with complete excision of the lesion and extraction of the adjacent teeth. The final biopsy report confirmed the initial diagnosis of myofibroma. Intraosseous solitary lesion of the mandible is a rare lesion with a handful of reported cases. Uniquely, the diagnosis of myofibroma in this 56-year-old is the oldest reported case of myofibroma. There are distinct histopathological features of the lesion that distinguishes this entity from other closely resembling lesions.

Author

Abrahim Khaleghi; Nikki Dehnashi; N S. Matthews

Published

2023

Language

EN