Fibro-osseous lesions of the jaw: a review of 133 cases from Nigeria.

A review of 133 cases of fibro-osseous lesions seen and treated at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, is presented. The age of patients at time of diagnosis ranged from 4 years to 68 years, although over 56 percent occurred in the first two decades of life. The maxilla was more commonly affected and there was a female preponderance in the incidence. Radical surgery was often indicated and performed because of the extent of lesions when presented. Early attempts at graft reconstructions were largely abandoned because of high failure rates. Tumor recurrences or growth cessations were not predictable as some lesions regressed after minor interventions while others grew rather rapidly following radical surgery.