Abstract
Osteoma is non-odontogenic tumor occurring mainly in the skull and jaw bones. We reported a rare case of recurrent peripheral osteoma of the mandible after a prolonged period.The patient was a 46-year-old woman with a chief complaint of swelling at the right mandibular angle. Ten years ago, she underwent surgery in another hospital. The operation involved excision of peripheral compact osteoma in the same region. This time, there was a localized hard mass. Computed tomography showed a mass measuring about 24 × 24 × 10 mm. We excised the tumor intraorally under general anesthesia. The histopathological diagnosis was compact osteoma. There has been no sign of local recurrence during a follow-up period of 2 years.
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