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Gnathic Osteoblastoma: Clinicopathologic Review Of Seven Cases With Long-Term Follow-Up, Yeshwant B. Rawal, Francesca Angiero, Carl M. Allen, John R. Kalmar, Parish P. Sedghizadeh, Andrew M. Steinhilber

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

The clinical, radiographic and histopathologic features of seven cases of osteoblastoma of the jaw bones were analyzed. The mandible was involved in six cases and a periosteal presentation of the tumor was noted in three cases. Six tumors were symptomatic with pain being the common presentation. The radiographic appearance of the intraosseous tumors varied from well-defined radiolucencies to poorly-defined mixed lesions. A small periosteal tumor was undetectable radiographically. Histopathologically, the tumors exhibited variation in woven bone formation, osteoblastic rimming, lesional maturation as well as interaction of the tumor with surrounding host tissue. Intraosseous tumors were managed with aggressive surgical curettage …