Ramírez CMA, Fonseca PAJ, Guerra ORM

Language: Spanish
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Page: 128-133
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ABSTRACT

Background: Benign fibriohistiocytoma is uncommon to occur in adolescence and less with the unusual topographic location in the right infratemporal fossa.
Objective: To illustrate the presentation of a benign fibriohistiocytoma in the right infratemporal fossa in a 17-year-old male patient.
Case presentation: A case was reported in a 17-year-old male patient, with a fibriohistiocytoma that has a benign biological behavior and is located in the right infratemporal fossa; under the temporal muscle, in the Maxillofacial Surgery service of Sancti Spíritus.
Conclusions: Fibrohistiocytoma can appear in any part of the body, it is rare in the head and neck, even less in the infratemporal fossa, as reported in this case.

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