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Benign Jaw Tumors and Tumorlike Conditions

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This chapter illustrates benign tumors; keratocystic odontogenic tumor, ameloblastoma, lipoma, odontogenic fibroma, odontogenic myxoma/myxofibroma, osteoblastoma, ossifying fibroma, juvenile ossifying fibroma, and benign tumorlike conditions; aneurysmal bone cyst, giant cell granuloma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, cherubism, fibrous dysplasia, osseous dysplasia, osteoma, exostosis, idiopathic osteosclerosis, and odontoma.

In collaboration with H.-J. Smith · H. Strømme Koppang.

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  1. Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Department of Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Oslo Faculty of Dentistry, Oslo, Norway

    Tore A. Larheim

  2. Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

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Larheim, T.A. (2018). Benign Jaw Tumors and Tumorlike Conditions. In: Maxillofacial Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53319-3_3

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