British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages e27-e29 , September 2011

Rare case of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation presenting in the zygoma

  • Kaveh Shakib

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK. Tel.: +44 020 82354219; fax: +44 020 74319678.
    • ,
  • Harpoonam Kalsi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • Eletherios Tsiridis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leeds Medical School, Leeds, UK
    • ,
  • Mahesh Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK

,Accepted 14 July 2010.

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PII: S0266-4356(10)00227-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.07.007

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages e27-e29 , September 2011

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