Open AccessAn Aggressive Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor: A Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Sheetal Singar,
Ajay Parihar,
Prashanthi Reddy,
Amita Saxena,
Arvind Jain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of advances in medicine and medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8899
DOI - 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1130921
Subject(s) - odontogenic tumor , medicine , pathology , lesion , odontogenic , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , asymptomatic , biology , botany , genus
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor is an epithelial origin locally aggressive benign odontogenic tumor. It is an extremely rare neoplasm comprise of <1 % of all odontogenic tumors. It manifests clinically as asymptomatic, slow-growing, and locally aggressive lesion which causes expansion of the affected bone. About 400 cases of CEOT (calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor) are reported in the literature. This article reported a case 18 years old female with a locally aggressive calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor involving the mandible, without much disfigurement of the face.
Aim: The aim of this article to put a drop of water in the ocean of literature. Report a case with aggressive nature.