Fibrous dysplasia of maxilla in a 5-year-old child: A rare pediatric case report and literature review

Abstract

Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a rare benign fibro-osseous, nonhereditary skeletal disorder that results from the postzygotic mutation in the GNAS1 gene (20q13.2). It manifests variable clinical manifestations, namely monostotic, polyostotic, and craniofacial forms/types and may also constitute few syndromes. Updated scientific literature with case report articles about FD is utmost important for the awareness of the medical and dental clinicians to identify accurately and also to make individualized treatment plans with multidisciplinary approach. Hence, this current article presents and illustrates the case report about monostotic FD of the maxilla in a 5-year-old boy. Furthermore, the case findings have been correlated with the updated relevant literature.