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Pyogenic granuloma mimicking peripheral dentinogenic ghost‐cell tumour recurrence: case report and meta‐analytic literature update
Author(s) -
Pommer B.,
Dvorak G.,
Rappersberger K.,
Jordan R.C.K.,
Watzek G.,
Pogrel M.A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12019
Subject(s) - medicine , pyogenic granuloma , maxilla , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , biopsy , pathology , peripheral , lesion , dentistry , botany , biology , genus
Peripheral (extraosseous) dentinogenic ghost‐cell tumours are extremely rare neoplasms, representing less than 1% of all odontogenic tumours. Only 28 cases (including the present report) are described in literature: the majority of patients (89%) are over 40 years of age (mean: 59.1 ± 20.5 years) and 63% are male. Seventy‐three per cent are located in the mandible, and anterior jaw regions are most commonly affected (74%). Erosion of the underlying bone can be observed in 53% radiographically. The present case report describes a recurrent swelling after excisional biopsy of a peripheral dentinogenic ghost‐cell tumour in the anterior maxilla of a 78‐year‐old male patient mimicking tumour recurrence. Histopathological examination of the second biopsy, however, revealed no evidence of ghost‐cell tumour recurrence but development of a pyogenic granuloma. In contrast to central dentinogenic ghost‐cell tumours, there is no evidence of recurrence of peripheral dentinogenic ghost‐cell tumours in literature to date.