Odontogenic tumors: analysis of 706 cases.

Abstract

From a total of 54,534 oral biopsy specimens, 706 (1.3%) odontogenic tumors were retrieved and reviewed. Odontomas comprised more than 65% of the odontogenic tumors, ameloblastomas about 10%, and the remaining six categories of odontogenic tumors accounted for approximately 25% of the lesions. The distribution by age, sex, and location of these tumors generally supported the data from other previously reported cases. A possible variant of the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor was described, and instances of two granular cell ameloblastic fibromas were reported. The myxomas as a group were characterized histologically more by residual bony trabeculae than by the presence of odontogenic rests. Because the clinical, histological, and behavioral features of the ameloblastic fibroma and ameloblastic fibro-odontoma were similar, these lesions were considered to be essentially the same. From limited follow-up information, the ameloblastoma was the only lesion that recurred. With the exception of one ameloblastoma found in the lung, no malignant odontogenic tumors were encountered.

• Authors: J A Regezi, D A Kerr, R M Courtney
• Journal: Journal of oral surgery (American Dental Association : 1965) (J Oral Surg) Vol. 36 Issue 10 Pg. 771-8 (Oct 1978) ISSN: 0022-3255 [Print] United States
• PMID: 280645 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Ameloblastoma (classification, pathology)
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Jaw Neoplasms (classification, pathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Myxoma (classification)
• Odontogenic Cysts (classification, pathology)
• Odontogenic Tumors (classification, pathology)
• Odontoma (classification, pathology)