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KMID : 0361019760190040059
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1976 Volume.19 No. 4 p.59 ~ p.62
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Two Cases of Fibrous Dysplasia of the Maxilla
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Abstract
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The term fibrous dysplasia of bone was first used by Lichtenstein in 1938. This is a condition affecting one or more bones, slow progress and showing a tendency to become arrested.
The etiology" is unknown, but it is now believed to be a developmental error in which primitive fibrous tissue proliferates within. the bony medulla and encroaches upon the cortex from within.
´The process may be monostotic or polyostotic. In the latter form, some patient exhibit a remarkable combination of abnormal skin pigmentation and endocrine disturbance. .
Author, recently, have observed 2 cases of fibrous dysplasia of maxillary bone which was confirmed as pathologically. One case occurred in 23 years-old male and another in 19 years-old male.
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