Osteoblastoma and Osteoid Osteoma of the Mandible: Review of the Literature and Report of Two Cases

Table 1

Characteristics of osteoblastoma and osteoid osteoma as previously summarized [7, 8, 10] comparing to current cases.

	Sex	Chief complaint	Imaging features	Size (cm)
Osteoblastoma [7, 8, 10]		Mild to moderate pain. Less relief from aspirin (unlike osteoid osteoma).	Mixed to radiopaque, variable. Surrounded by sclerotic bone. Expansile, erosive. Arises in medullary bone.	≥1.5-2
Case #1	M	Progressively worsening pain and swelling. Pain managed by NSAID.	Mostly radiopaque mass. Surrounded by sclerotic bone. Expansile, erosive. Arises in medullary bone.	2.1
Osteoid osteoma [7, 8, 10]		Moderate to severe pain. Progressive pain worsening at night and responds well to NSAIDs.	Lucent or mixed nidus. Surrounded by sclerotic bone. Arises in cortical bone.	<1.5-2
Case #2	M	Progressively worsening pain beginning 8 months post surgical extraction. Shooting pain worse at night and controlled with ibuprofen.	Lucent nidus with patchy mineralization. Arises in lingual cortex.	1