Professional paper

Central Giant Cell Granuloma of Aggressive Growth: Case Presentation after Monitoring for Several Years

Goran Knežević ; Clinical Department of Oral Surgery, University Hospital “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Jokić ; Clinical Department of Oral Surgery, University Hospital “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Croatia
Dinko Knežević ; Clinical Department of Oral Surgery, University Hospital “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

A central giant cell granuloma of the maxilla is presented, which was diagnosed in a three-year-old girl and surgically treated, and which recurred on two occasions in the following eight years to a size which destroyed a large part of the maxilla, resorbed the roots of the anterior teeth and threatened that it could lead to the need for a more extensive mutilating operation. In this phase the case was treated by a conservative surgical method and further monitored for six years until the complete healing of the central granuloma. The presented final condition prompted the authors to question whether a radical surgical operation is necessary in the case of recurrences of central giant cell granuloma of the jaws.

Keywords

Granuloma; Giant Cell

Hrčak ID:

34362

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/34362

Publication date:

15.3.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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