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orofacial soft tissue tumors

Wednesday 21 December 2011

soft tissue tumors of the head

Types

 orofacial fibrous tumors, fibrohistiocytic tumors, fiboroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors, fibrovascular tumors

  • orofacial fibrous tumors
  • orofacial fibrohistiocytic tumors
  • orofacial fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors
  • orofacial fibrovascular tumors

 orofacial peripheral giant cell granuloma
 orofacial vascular tumors
 orofacial neural tumors
 orofacial muscular tumors
 orofacial adipocytic tumors (tumors of fatty tissue
 orofacial soft tissue tumors with bone or cartilage
 orofacial noncalcified soft tissue tumors with mixed or ectopic tissues

Differential diagnosis

 orofacial granuloma-like mucosal lesions with giant cells
 orofacial soft tissue cysts

Links

 Thomas Bond’s Book at maxillofacialcenter.com