Central odontogenic fi broma (COF) is a rare benign odontogenic tumor characterized by variable amounts of inactive-looking odontogenic epithelium embedded in a mature fi brous stroma corresponding to 0-5.5% of all odontogenic tumors. COF may be seen at any age, but it is diagnosed most frequently in patients between the second and fourth decades of life. The lesion is asymptomatic except the s...

Tumours and tumour-like growths arising from odontogenic tissues constitute a heterogenous group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and pathologists. In children, these lesions are even more difficult to clinically and histopathologically diagnose definitively because of the concurrent diverse embryologic differentiation of dental tissues. A ...

Archana Shivamurthy1, Geetha Vasudevan2, Padmapriya Jaiprakash3, Dipak Ranjan Nayak4, Ajay M Bhandarkar5 1Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India, 2Additional Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India, 3Associate Professor, Department of P...

An odontogenic myxoma of a maxilla has been examined. Histochemistry of the mucosubstance indicated that hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulphate were present. On ultrastructural examination many of the cells in the myxomatous tissue were seen with prominent rough endoplasmic reticulum, suggesting a secretory function, and possibly the myxomatous ground substance was produced by these cells. Ce...

This is a case report of an Odontogenic myxofibroma in a paediatric patient. This lesion, also called odontogenic myxoma, is an uncommon benign odontogenic tumour that derives from mesenchymal elements. Odontogenic myxofibroma in paediatric age is rare, because is more frequently discovered between the second and the fourth decade. Clinical, radiological and histological examinations were perfo...