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Female patient aged 45 years with POF in mandibular anterior region, displacing central, lateral and canine teeth
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The nodular growth extension in lingual was slightly smaller than that in the labial [Figure 1].
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Microscopic picture of biopsy slide showing- proliferated fibrous bands in the connective tissue with uniformly distributed chronic inflammatory cells
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The connective tissue of the growth comprised of bundles of collagen fibers in a cellular stroma [Figure 2].
Micro-photograph of another specimen of the same biopsy, showing thick fibrous whirls
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These cells were also arranged in a whirl shaped around irregular mineralization foci in the center [Figure 3].
Multiple foci of osteoid tissue, surrounded by fibrous whirls
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Chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate was seen evenly distributed in whole area and the cells comprised mainly of lymphocytes and plasma cells [Figure 4].
Sam slide at further location showing multiple foci of osteoid tissue, surrounded by fibrous bands
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The calcified areas resembled cementum-like and bone-like ossifying areas [Figure 5].