Open AccessCyst or tumor in the buccomaxillary region: Review of literature and a case report
Author(s) -
Syed Ahmed Raheel,
Omar Kujan,
Hisham Mohammed Najeeb Dwedary,
Mohammed Hilal Sikander,
Sunil Mankar,
M Nidha Amrin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.163540
Subject(s) - adenomatoid odontogenic tumor , maxilla , medicine , ameloblastoma , odontoma , odontogenic tumor , anterior maxilla , hamartoma , odontogenic cyst , pathology , odontogenic , cyst , anatomy
Odontogenic tumors (OTs) include entities of a hamartomatous nature, such as odontoma, benign neoplasms like an adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT), some benign neoplasms are aggressive as in the case of ameloblastoma. The AOT is a rare odontogenic tumor constituting only 3% of all the OT and very often misdiagnosed as an odontogenic cyst. We report a case of an intra-osseous type of AOT occurred in a young 16-year-old female located in the anterior maxilla along with the clinical, radiological, histological features, and literature review related to the tumor affecting the patient.