title: Odontogenic tumours in Istanbul: 527 cases.
abstract: We retrieved and analysed the records of 527 odontogenic tumours from a total of 62,565 cases in the department of tumour pathology in the Institute of Oncology, University of Istanbul, from 1971 to 2003. Of these 527 tumours, 521 were benign and 6 were malignant. The most common lesions were ameloblastomas (n=133) followed by odontomas (n=109), odontogenic myxomas (n=83) and others. There were more female patients (n=278, 53%) than male, and nearly half the patients (n=253, 48%) were between the ages of 10 and 29 years. The posterior mandible was the commonest site (n=184, 35%), followed by the premolar area of the mandible (n=98, 19%), and the anterior maxilla (n=84, 16%).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology, Department of Tumor Pathology and Oncological Cytology, Topkapi/Capa, Istanbul, Turkey. volgac@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olgac
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Koseoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aksakalli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009810:Odontoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology