Abstract
Bone forming tumors that occur in the jaw are osteoblastoma and osteosarcoma, both histologically similar to those located in other parts of the skeleton. However, when occurring in the jaw, both entities have some specific, site-related aspects. Osteoblastoma has to be differentiated from cementoblastoma. The epitheloid osteoblastoma mimicks epithelial odontogenic tumors and osteosarcoma shows differential diagnostic problems related to ossifying fibroma. In this Chapter, clinicopathologic features of osteoblastoma and osteosarcoma are discussed with emphasis on these site-specific issues.
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Slootweg, P. (2015). Bone Tumors. In: Pathology of the Maxillofacial Bones. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16961-3_9
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