Hooman Ebrahimi
1*, Javad Yazdani
2, Sara Pourshahidi
3, Farzad Esmaeli
4, Ali Taghavi Zenouz
5, Masoumeh Mehdipour
51 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran
3 Post-graduate Student of Oral Medicine, Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral And Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran
Abstract
Central giant cell granuloma (CGCG), formerly called giant cell reparative granuloma, is a nonneoplastic
proliferative lesion of unknown etiology. It occurs most commonly in the mandible. The case
reported here resembled a wide variety of conditions that led to a misdiagnosis both on clinical and radiographic
examinations but was histopathologically diagnosed as CGCG. We describe a case of CGCG
arising from the posterior maxilla to highlight the importance of histopathology in the diagnosis of this
enigmatic lesion