Open AccessAdenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor – A Report of Two Cases with Histopathology Correlation
Author(s) -
Pavitra Baskaran,
Satya Ranjan Misra,
Manish Kumar,
R. Mithra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.4103/2156-7514.92186
Subject(s) - adenomatoid odontogenic tumor , odontogenic , medicine , pathology , lesion , connective tissue , histopathology , biopsy , stroma , dentistry , ameloblastoma , immunohistochemistry , maxilla
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is an uncommon, hamartomatous, benign, epithelial lesion of odontogenic origin that was first described by Driebaldt in 1907, as a pseudo-adenoameloblastoma. The current World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of odontogenic tumors defines AOT as being composed of the odontogenic epithelium in a variety of histoarchitectural patterns, embedded in mature connective tissue stroma, and characterized by slow, but progressive growth. The current article reports two cases with different presentations; first in a young female patient and the second in a middle-aged male patient. The importance of biopsy, which is the gold standard for diagnosis, and its use in planning of the treatment is discussed