Affiliation:
1. Assistant professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
2. Senior Resident , Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery
3. Professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery
4. Associate professor, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery
5. Senior Resident, Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery
Abstract
Introduction: Amongst all odontogenic tumors adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) accounts for only 3% of them. Being odontogenic in
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origin, the tumor shows a plethora of histoarchitectural patterns. Sex predilection is towards females and likely occurs in second to third decades of
life. Anterior maxilla is the commonest region for AOT; maxillary antrum being rare; in conjugation with dentigerous cyst (DC) then being the
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rarest. Here we describe a case of gigantic AOT in 17-year-old male t Observation: hat occupied the left maxillary antrum with an impacted tooth
which was clinically diagnosed as dentigerous cyst. In toto removal of the cystic tumor was accomplished with removal of retained impacted
canine as well. Histopathological examination inferred the presence of an AOT with dentigerous like cystic lining. With uneventful healing no local
recurrence was observed after 10 years of follow up. Implied take away lesson the Conclusion: prime importance of histopathological evaluation
in all enucleated cysts, simultaneous more research into fourth type of a “hybrid variant” of AOT
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Dermatology,Pharmacology (medical),General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,Dermatology,Pharmacology (medical),General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,Dermatology,Dermatology,Pharmacology,Physiology,General Medicine,Dermatology,General Medicine,Emergency Medicine,Sociology and Political Science,History,Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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