Applied anatomy and oral surgery for dental students . Fig. 42.—Osteosarcoma of the lower jaw (after Cryei;. An osteoma a simple benign tumor of l)one, and israre in this region of the body. Removal of the growth 168 SPECIAL SURGERY will not be followed by recurrence. Bony tumors ofthe jaws are usually malignant, osteosarcoma (Fig. 42),and are to be treated as such—i. e., by removal of thewhole of the growth and some of the surroundinghealthy tissue. Sarcoma frequently affects the -upperjaw, involving the maxillary Fig. 43.—Epulis (after Cryer). Epulis is a clinical term applied to
Applied anatomy and oral surgery for dental students . Fig. 42.—Osteosarcoma of the lower jaw (after Cryei;. An osteoma a simple benign tumor of l)one, and israre in this region of the body. Removal of the growth 168 SPECIAL SURGERY will not be followed by recurrence. Bony tumors ofthe jaws are usually malignant, osteosarcoma (Fig. 42),and are to be treated as such—i. e., by removal of thewhole of the growth and some of the surroundinghealthy tissue. Sarcoma frequently affects the -upperjaw, involving the maxillary Fig. 43.—Epulis (after Cryer). Epulis is a clinical term applied to the commonestgroup of tumors in the mouth. From the derivation ofthe word, it is any growth on the gum, but the name isusually applied to a circumscribed connective-tissuegrowth from the alveolar ridge, attached with a broador narrow pedicle, and covered over by normal mucous TUMORS 169 membrane, except as the latter may undergo secondaryulceration due to pressure necrosis, infection, etc. Fromboth the cHnical and pathologic standpoints severalvarieties are described. Fibrous epuHs is hard, growsslowly, gradually displacing teeth in its neighborhood,and microscopically is a fibroma. A second variety is
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