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Existence Masked by Diffuse Periodontal Inflammation

Marshall P. Solomon, DDS; John Biernacki, DMD; Michael Slippen, MD; Yale Rosen, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1975;101(12):754-760.

Abstract
• A 38-year-old man was in a state of poor oral hygiene, with multiple broken carious teeth and diffuse inflammatory hyperplasia of the gingival tissues. A mandibular, alveolar soft tissue mass in the premolar-molar region was noted on the right side, in continuity with the gingival hyperplasia.

Biopsy of the lesion ruled out a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma. The patient underwent extraction of his teeth, and all hyperplastic tissues including the tumefaction were excised.

Five months later, the patient had a recurrent mass in the same location that was removed via hemimandibulectomy. The mass was diagnosed as a parosteal osteogenic sarcoma.

(Arch Otolaryngol 101:754-760, 1975)

Author Affiliations
From the departments of pathology (Drs Solomon and Rosen), oral surgery (Dr Biernacki), and otolaryngology (Dr Slippen), State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, and State University-Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 26, 1975.

Reprint requests to the Department of Pathology, Division of Surgical Pathology, State University-Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (Dr Solomon).

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