Abstract
A 10-year-old girl complained of an asymptomatic swelling, with approximately 3 months, on the left side of her jaw. No history of dental pain, bleeding, paresthesia, or trauma was described. Her medical history only revealed a G6 PD deficiency. A physical examination disclosed a localized hard bone swelling, with approximately 3 cm x 2 cm in diameter, localized on the left mandible. The overlying mucosa was normal in appearance, color and temperature and there was no motor or sensory deficit. No regional lymphadenopathy or intraoral modifications were noticed. A computed tomography prescribed revealed a poorly-defined expanding lesion with mixed pattern of radiolucency and radiopacity in the posterior body of the mandible. After a negative puncture, an incisional biopsy was taken and a diagnosis of osteoblastoma was rendered. A wide local excision of the tumor was performed and after 6 months the patient is disease free with no associated functional or neurologic deficit.
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