Lingual osteoma as a fortuitous finding on a boy with post-adenoidectomy inflammatory pseudotumor

Lingual osteoma is a very rare clinical entity. There are less than 100 cases reported in the literature, and the occurrence is even rarer in males. It is a benign lesion with a yet unknown pathogenesis. Lingual osteoma is usually a slow-growing tumor that can be incidentally detected after physical...

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Main Authors: Marina Barguil Macêdo, Saulo Evangelista Moura Borges, Plínio da Silva Macêdo, Paulo de Tarso Moura Borges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214541918300166