Fibrosarcoma of mandible - A case report Vinuth D.P., Sr. Lecturer, Agarwal Poonam, Sr. Lecturer, Miglani Rohit, Professor, Moger Ganapathi, Reader, Haranal Shashidevi, Sr. Lecturer, Naresh Nitesh Major, MDS Address for Correspondence: Dr D.P. Vinuth, Sr. Lecturer, Oral Pathology & MicroBiology Hitkarni Dental College, Jabalpur - 482005 (MP) E-mail: dpvinuth@yahoo.com
Online published on 25 November, 2013. Abstract Fibrosarcoma is defined as a malignant tumor of fibroblast that shows no other evidence of cellular proliferation and is capable of recurrence and metastasis. Fibrosarcoma is rare in head and neck region, only 0.05% of all fibrosarcomas affecting the human body occur in the head and neck region. They generally have poor prognosis and very low overall survival rate. A case of low-grade intraosseous fibrosarcoma of the mandible in a 17-year-old boy is described. This article is presented to document the rarity of fibrosarcomas in the jaws of children and emphasizes on the clinical and radiological appearance of the same. Top Keywords Fibrosarcoma, Intraosseous, Mandible. Top |