PMC3714814_01
The 37-years old man with a right maxillary enlargement
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F1
The patient had a chief compliant of pain and swelling in the right maxilla and asymmetry in it [Figure 1].
Photograph of maxillary right region showing buccal and palatal expansion
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F2
In addition, the patient had a slight swelling at the palatal region [Figure 2].
Radiographs, showing the presence of a well-defined radiolucent lesion with a few wispy trabeculae. (a) Periapical, (b) Panoramic images
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F3
Bone pattern is radiolucent with a few wispy trabeculae [Figures 3a and b].
CBCT images showed a large, expansile, well-circumscribed, corticated and multi locular (with wispy trabeculaes) mass involving right maxillary sinus. (a) Axial, (b) Coronal, (c) Tangential
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F4
The tumor was removed under local anesthesia and the excised specimen measured 45.30.15 mm
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F5
The tumor was removed under local anesthesia and the gross measures of the specimen were approximately 45 x 30 x 15 mm [Figure 5].
Histological view showing a cellular fibroblastic tissue with spherules of acellular mineralization that resembled dental cementum. (a: Magnification x10, b: Magnification x40)
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F6
There was presence of spherules of acellular mineralization that resembled dental cementum (cementoid type) [Figures 6a and b].