title: Pediatric odontogenic fibromyxoma of the mandible: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Odontogenic fibromyxoma is an uncommon benign tumor arising from the maxillofacial bones. Fibromyxomas are rare in children under 10 years of age. Although this tumor is reported most frequently in the mandible for the general population, it has rarely been reported in the mandible in children <10 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the 39 reported cases of odontogenic fibromyxoma in children under the age of 10. We add 1 case to the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This case represents the seventh case of odontogenic fibromyxoma of the mandible in a child under the age of 10 years reported in the English literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A case of pediatric odontogenic fibromyxoma in the mandible is described. Although rare in the pediatric population, odontogenic fibromyxomas should be included as a differential diagnostic consideration when evaluating tumors of the maxillofacial skeleton. Accurate pathologic diagnosis is critical to ensure proper management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Thyroid, Head, and Neck Cancer (THANC) Foundation, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Grace C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Haser
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Thyroid, Head, and Neck Cancer (THANC) Foundation, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Henry K
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2059-9543
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Prera
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Azita S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khorsandi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Beverly Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Thyroid, Head, and Neck Cancer (THANC) Foundation, New York, New York.|Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Urken
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: mandibular tumors; maxillary tumors; odontogenic fibromyxoma; odontogenic myxoma; pediatric tumors