title: Conservative treatment of odontogenic myxoma.
abstract: Odontogenic myxomas (OMs) are nonencapsulated rare benign tumors that can occur in gnathic bones. They are locally invasive and have a high recurrence rate. Radiologically, OMs show a multilocular (in the majority of cases) or unilocular radiolucency, with either distinct or poorly defined margins. Histopathologically, OMs are characterized by spindle-, wedge-, or stellate-shaped cells loosely arranged in an abundant mucoid background. Myxomas are mainly asymptomatic. Radical surgery, excision, and enucleation followed by curettage of the surrounding bony tissue have all been advocated as treatment options. This study presents a successful case of conservative treatment of OMs with a 5-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculdade Espiritosantense-FAESA, Espirito-Santo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Liliane Scheidegger Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Bruno Machado
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Idelmo Rangel
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Liliana Aparecida Pimenta
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: de Barros
authors.forename: Pâmela Letícia
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Ana Carulina Rezende
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Moraes Ferreira
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D055815:Young Adult