title: Odontogenic myxoma: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in paediatric and adult patients--a case series and review of the literature.
abstract: Odontogenic myxomas are benign but locally invasive tumours originating from primordial mesenchymal tooth forming tissues which do not metastasise. We present a series of two paediatric and two adult cases and focus on differences in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches between children and adults based on our own experience and a critical review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Hans-Florian Zeilhofer), University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, Basel, Switzerland. katinka.kansy@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Katinka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kansy
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juergens
authors.forename: Zdzislav
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Krol
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulussen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baumhoer
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruder
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Hans-Florian
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Zeilhofer
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwenzer-Zimmerer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014746:Vimentin; D051176:beta Catenin