title: Central odontogenic fibroma: report of case with immunohistochemical study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of central odontogenic fibroma (COF) with immunohistochemical study.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of epithelium-rich type of COF in the posterior region of the mandible of a 39-year-old woman. Immunohistochemical examination showed the odontogenic epithelium to be positive for high-molecular-weight cytokeratins, vimentin and CD99, and negative for CAM5.2. The stroma contained some myofibroblasts and many fibroblast-like cells positive for CD99.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our immunohistochemical findings, and especially the positive expression of vimentin from the epithelial cells of COF suggests that these cells are primordial. Last but not least, the presence of a relative small number of myofibroblasts in the stroma justifies the non-aggressive behavior of the neoplasm and supports that a part of stromal collagen of COF is produced by these cells.
authors.forename: Savas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iordanidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Dental School, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poulopoulos
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Epivatianos
authors.forename: Lambros
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zouloumis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism