AUSTRALIAN DENTAL JOURNAL, vol.38, no.2, pp.119-124, 1993 (SCI-Expanded)
Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis or periostitis ossificans with a radiographic 'onion skin' appearance is a separate clinical entity. The new bone formation underneath the periosteum is a response of periosteum to stimulation by low grade infection. This may occur in a variety of other developmental, metabolic, inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of bone. A case of mandibular giant cell granuloma of a central type associated with Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is presented and the literature is reviewed.