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SUBMITTER: Munde A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4434130 | biostudies-other | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Munde Anita A Modi Priyanka P Karle Ravindra R Wankhede Pranali P Shoeb Safia S
Journal of dentistry (Tehran, Iran) 20150201 2
Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) is a benign proliferation of fibroblasts and multinucleated giant cells that almost exclusively occurs in the jaws. It commonly occurs in young adults showing a female predilection in the anterior mandible. Multifocal CGCGs in maxillofacial region are very rare and suggestive of systemic diseases such as hyperparathyroidism, an inherited syndrome such as Noonan-like multiple giant cell lesion syndrome or other disorders. Only 10 cases of multifocal CGCGs in th ...[more]