BACKGROUND: Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is a locally aggressive neoplasm whose clinicopathological characteristics have not been extensively reported in Nigerians. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinicopathological characteristics of cases of OM seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. METHODS: A review of both clinical and histopathological records of sixty-three cases of OM diagnose...

Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour of soft parts (OFMT) is a recently described soft tissue tumour. Although rare it deserves recognition as a locally invasive but essentially benign neoplasm. Prior to its description in 1989 by Enzinger, ossifying fibromyxoid tumours of soft parts were classified as a wide variety of lesions, ranging from nodular fasciitis to osteosarcoma. We report a typical case o...

In this study, a case of fibromyxoma of the proximal femur in a 59-year old woman is reported. The classification of this rare bone tumour is still a matter of debate and some investigators have suggested that these lesions represent a degenerative form of fibrous dysplasia. Some authors make a further distinction between fibromyxoma and myxoma of bone. In a review of 23 cases of fibromyxoma an...

In conclusion, BSI is a rare genodermatosis belonging to the group of ARCI. It has a series of clinical and diagnostic peculiarities that we should be aware of. Although the diagnosis is usually clinical, confirmation can only be made by genetic analysis of the TGM-1 gene. This is the only gene implicated in this condition, but its mutations are also the most prevalent in other forms of ARCI, a...

Fibromyxoma is a rare odontogenic tumour which is benign, but locally aggressive. The etiology of these tumours is unknown, but because of its limitation to the teeth bearing areas and occasional presence of odontogenic epithelial fragments within the tumour which suggest that it is of odontogenic origin. It is a slow growing painless tumour that frequently occurs in second and third decades of...

Odontogenic fibromyxomas are benign odontogenic tumors of mesenchymal origin of rare presentation in the oral cavity, which exhibit locally aggressive behavior and are prone to local recurrence. The controversy has mainly been on therapeutic management with recommendations varying, depending on the clinical cases, from simple curettage of lesion to segmental bone resection. We present a case re...

The authors describe the case of a 75-year-old female patient, bearing a single asymptomatic, nodular lesion of fibroelastic consistency for three years, located on the left hallux. Following surgical excision of the lesion, the pathological examination and immunohistochemistry revealed a superficial acral fibromyxoma. This type of lesion was first described in 2001 and today there are approxim...