title: Infant Odontogenic Myxoma: a specific entity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In children, and specifically in infants, odontogenic myxomas are extremely rare. In infants, myxoma seems to display mostly the same clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics. This paper presents a series of odontogenic myxomas in infant patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four infant patients were included in this retrospective study. The clinical, radiological and pathological presentation was characterized and the treatment analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients presented with a rapidly evolving paranasal swelling. CT-scan showed a maxillary homogeneous unilocular and intraosseous tumour. In all cases, pathological examination revealed a loose myxoid stroma within stellate and spindle shaped cells. All patients underwent conservative surgery through a vestibular approach.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This patient series and a review of the literature demonstrates that odontogenic myxoma is specific in infant. We propose the name of Infant Odontogenic Myxoma for this entity.
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Paris 75015, France; Université Paris V, UFR de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris 75006, France; Centre de références des malformations de la face et de la cavité buccale (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Paris 75015, France; Laboratoire de Physiopathologie orale et Moléculaire (Head: Prof. Berdal), INSERM, UMRS 872, Equipe 5, Centre de recherche des Cordeliers, Paris 75006, France. Electronic address: natacha.kadlub@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Natacha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kadlub
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Coulomb L'Herminé), Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Service de cytologie et anatomopathologie, Paris 75012, France.
authors.forename: Valere Belle
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Mbou
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Garabedian), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, Paris 75012, France; Université Paris V, UFR de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris 75006, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leboulanger
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Ducou Lepointe), Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Paris 75012, France; Université Paris VI, UFR médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France.
authors.forename: Hubert Ducou
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Lepointe
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Paris 75015, France; Centre de références des malformations de la face et de la cavité buccale (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Paris 75015, France.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Coulomb L'Herminé), Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Service de cytologie et anatomopathologie, Paris 75012, France; Université Paris VI, UFR médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France.
authors.forename: Aurore Coulomb
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: L'hermine
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Paris 75015, France; Université Paris V, UFR de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris 75006, France; Centre de références des malformations de la face et de la cavité buccale (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Paris 75015, France; Laboratoire de Physiopathologie orale et Moléculaire (Head: Prof. Berdal), INSERM, UMRS 872, Equipe 5, Centre de recherche des Cordeliers, Paris 75006, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davrou
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Paris 75015, France; Université Paris V, UFR de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris 75006, France; Centre de références des malformations de la face et de la cavité buccale (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Paris 75015, France; Laboratoire de Physiopathologie orale et Moléculaire (Head: Prof. Berdal), INSERM, UMRS 872, Equipe 5, Centre de recherche des Cordeliers, Paris 75006, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Paule
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.affiliation: APHP (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Service de chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Paris 75015, France; Centre de références des malformations de la face et de la cavité buccale (Head: Prof. Vazquez), Paris 75015, France; Laboratoire de Physiopathologie orale et Moléculaire (Head: Prof. Berdal), INSERM, UMRS 872, Equipe 5, Centre de recherche des Cordeliers, Paris 75006, France; Université Paris VI, UFR médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picard
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Infant; Jaw tumours; Myxoma; Myxomatous tumours; Odontogenic myxoma; Odontogenic tumours