Open AccessLeiomyoma of the mandible in a child
Author(s) -
B Srikanth Reddy,
B Shoba Rani,
Ch Anuradha,
P. Chandrasekhar,
R Shamala,
KP Lingamaneni
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.80015
Subject(s) - mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , leiomyoma , medicine , smooth muscle , uterine leiomyoma , anatomy , smooth muscle tumor , immunohistochemistry , uterus , pathology , biology , botany , genus
Leiomyomas are the benign tumors of the smooth muscle that usually arise in the gastrointestinal system and in the uterus. Oral leiomyomas are uncommon due to the paucity of the smooth muscles in the mouth (except in blood vessels) and those of the mandible are extremely rare. Leiomyomas have been classified as solid, angiomyoma (vascular leiomyoma), and epithelioid variants. Here, we report a rare case of leiomyoma of the mandible in a 9-year-old child, together with conventional histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings.