florid osseous dysplasia

florid osseous dysplasia
an exuberant form of periapical cemental dysplasia that resembles diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis but differs in being a dysplastic rather than inflammatory process: cysts are present and there is no inflammatory cell infiltrate. Patients are generally asymptomatic.

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