Peripheral odontogenic fibroma with chondroid differentiation.
An unusual case of peripheral odontogenic fibroma, presenting as a swelling on gingiva involving hard palate in a 3-year-old female child, is described. Even with cellular stroma and unencapsulation these tumors behave in a benign fashion. To the best of our knowledge, cartilagenous differentiation of stroma as observed in this case has not been reported in English literature so far.
Sen
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R
Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma Medical College, Rohtak.
Kalra
K
K
D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*