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- Title
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor.
- Authors
Pereira, Olavo Hoston Gonçalves; de Carvalho, Laura Priscila Barboza; Brasileiro Junior, Vilson Lacerda; de Figueiredo, Cláudia Roberta Leite Vieira
- Abstract
The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) is a rare benign epithelial odontogenic neoplasmof slow growth that is locally aggressive and tends to invade bone and adjacent soft tissue. Here is reported the case of a 21-year-old female patient with a CEOT in the left mandibular posterior region. The computerized tomography in coronal plane revealed a hypodense lesion in the posterior region of the left mandibular body with hyperdense areas inside and was associated with element 37. An incisional biopsy of the lesion was performed and the histopathological analysis revealed the presence of layers of epithelial odontogenic cells that formed prominent intercellular bridges. A large quantity of extracellular, eosinophilic, and amyloid-like material and an occasional formation of concentric calcifications (Liesegang rings) were also found. The histopathological diagnosis was a Pindborg tumor. Resection of the tumor with a safety margin was performed and after 6 months of follow-up there has been no sign of recurrence of the lesion.
- Subjects
ODONTOGENIC tumors; EPITHELIAL cells; SOFT tissue infections; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MANDIBULAR joint; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Case Reports in Pathology, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2090-6781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/725380