[Peripheral osteoma of the mandible: a case report]

Osteoma is a slow-growing benign osseous neoplasm. The mandible and paranasal sinuses are the most commonly affected sites in the maxillofacial region. Clinically, this neoplasm may be silent for years without any symptoms and diagnosed only when it becomes big enough or observed coincidentally during radiological investigations. In this paper, a case of peripheral mandibular osteoma in a 66-year-old male patient is presented. The patient was referred to our ENT clinic with a suspected parotid neoplasm because of a swelling in the right preauricular region.