A rare case of cementoblastoma associated with the primary dentition.
BACKGROUND
Cementoblastoma is a rare odontogenic tumor with few cases reported in the literature involving deciduous teeth.


METHODS
A painful intraoral swelling in a young girl close to a primary mandibular first molar presented as a well-defined radiopaque mass attached to the tooth root. After enucleation and histopathological analysis the final diagnosis was cementoblastoma.


CONCLUSIONS
This case highlights the relevance of cementoblastoma to dentists and maxillofacial surgeons, since this condition may mimic other intra-osseous maxillary lesions and require patient-specific treatment.
Department of Pathology, Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
Juliana
J
de Noronha Santos Netto
André Aguiar
AA
Marques
Daniela Otero Pereira
DO
da Costa
Simone
S
de Queiroz Chaves Lourenço
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000473:pathology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*