title: Multiple dental follicles with odontogenic fibroma-like changes (WHO type).
abstract: A 15-year-old boy, in the case presented in this article, had 13 unerupted teeth, each associated with hyperplastic pericoronal tissue that showed histologic features suggestive of the WHO type of odontogenic fibroma. The etiology, clinical features, radiographic findings, and histopathology of the odontogenic fibroma are reviewed. It is suggested that the unusual pericoronal findings represent a hamartomatous change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sandler
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Nersasian
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pochebit
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dayal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003795:Dental Sac / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000473:pathology*; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000473:pathology*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000473:pathology*