Central odontogenic fibroma.
Odontogenic fibroma (OF) is a benign odontogenic tumor characterized by various amounts of odontogenic epithelium in a mature fibrous stroma. Two variants can be distinguished: an intraosseous or central OF (COF) and an extraosseous or peripheral. The intraosseous variant is an extremely rare tumor that presents clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic variable findings. A thorough review of the English literature revealed 78 cases of COF so far. Thus, we report an additional case of COF occurring in the maxilla of a 36-year-old woman. In addition, we performed a brief description and discussion of the cases reported in the maxilla and mandible.
Post-Graduate Program, Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
Felipe Rodrigues
FR
de Matos
Maiara
M
de Moraes
Antonio Capistrano
AC
Neto
Márcia Cristina da Costa
MC
Miguel
Ericka Janine Dantas
EJ
da Silveira
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*