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Giant cementoblastoma simulating a peridental infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Puterman ,
D. M. Fliss ,
J. Sidi  and
H. Zirkin
M. Puterman*
Affiliation:
Beer-Sheva, Israel
D. M. Fliss
Affiliation:
Beer-Sheva, Israel
J. Sidi
Affiliation:
Beer-Sheva, Israel
H. Zirkin
Affiliation:
Beer-Sheva, Israel
*
Dr. M. Puterman, ENT Department, Soroka Medical Centre, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel.
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Abstract

A case of giant cementoblastoma of the maxilla in young female is reported. An unusual painful swelling of the gingivolabial area led to an initial misdiagnosis of a peridental infection and consequently to inappropriate trcatment.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , March 1988 , pp. 264 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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