title: Peripheral adenomatoid odontogenic tumour - is it really peripheral?: a case report.
abstract: A Peripheral Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour (PAOT) is quite a rare entity which has been infrequently reported in the literature. These uncommon clinical variants of an Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour (AOT), typically manifest as a soft tissue mass of the gingiva, which mimick a common epulis, but yet have an identical histopathologic presentation as their intraosseous counterpart. These lesions, though they are indolent in nature, have a tendency to cause well defined deep bony pockets. Only fourteen cases have been adequately documented so far. We are reporting a case of a PAOT of the anterior maxillary gingiva, with a periodontal bone defect in a 12 year old girl. The relevant literature has been briefly reviewed, with an insight into the probable origin of PAOTs with bony defects.
authors.affiliation: Formerly Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Pathology, Tamil Nadu Government dental College and Hospital , Chennai, India .
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lavanya
authors.forename: M R C
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rajeshwari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bharathi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaheen
keywords: Adenomatoid; Gingiva; Odontogenic; Peripheral