title: A case of odontogenic myxoma with unusual histological features mimicking a fibro-osseous process.
abstract: Odontogenic myxoma is a rare benign but locally aggressive odontogenic tumor. This report describes a case of odontogenic myxoma producing diffusely dispersed calcified products in a pattern reminiscent of a fibro-osseous lesion of the jaw. Differential diagnoses for myxoid lesions of the jaws also are discussed. This paper highlights how an odontogenic myxoma can produce a large amount of calcified products to mimic a fibro-osseous process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. ylin@dentistry.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Yi-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Basile
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome