Resumen

ESTRADA SARMIENTO, Manuel; RAMIREZ LESCALLE, Grisel; TOLEDO BORBOLLA, Belkis  y  VIRELLES ESPINOSA, Isel. Osteoma gigante de la mandíbula en un paciente con el síndrome de Gardner. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2006, vol.44, n.2, pp.236-239. ISSN 0001-6365.

This paper presents the relation of mandibular jaw osteoma of great size with gardner Syndrome which caused facial asymmetry in a 16 years-old male patient. The most important characteristic of Gardner Syndrome is the presence of intestinal polyps, multiple osteomas and different cutaneos tumours. Dental and mandibular lesions are the first symptoms of this Syndrome. The radiographic study of the Osteoma showed a subcortical nodule around 5cm in the right ascending ramus. The surgical removal was performed under general anaesthesia. The histopathological diagnostic was of a ostioide osteoma. Bone regeneration was radiographically observe one year after the procedure. At the present the patient has had a satisfactory outcome

Palabras clave : Osteoma; Gardner Syndrome.