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Giant Osteoma of Mandible Causing Dyspnea: A Rare Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

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Osteomas are benign slow growing tumors of bone. Tumors are usually asymptomatic until they attain remarkable size and cause asymmetry or dysfunction. In view of few reported cases of giant osteoma of mandible, this article presents a case of giant osteoma of left mandible in a 53-year old male causing dyspnea due to compression of air way space.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Hassan Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Farzad Aghdashi & Mohammad Ismaeilnejad

  2. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department, Shahid Beheshti Dental Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Evin Street, Tehran, Iran

    Nafise Shamloo & Nasim Taghavi

  3. Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Yaser Safi

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Sadeghi, H.M., Shamloo, N., Taghavi, N. et al. Giant Osteoma of Mandible Causing Dyspnea: A Rare Case Presentation and Review of the Literature. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 14, 836–840 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-014-0717-6

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