CASE REPORT
Peripheral Odontogenic Myxoma: Report of Two New Cases with a Critical Review of the Literature
Marco Mascitti1, Lucrezia Togni1, Filippo Pirani2, *, Corrado Rubini3, Andrea Santarelli1, 4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 1079
Last Page: 1090
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-12-1079
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601812011079
Article History:
Received Date: 20/08/2018Revision Received Date: 23/11/2018
Acceptance Date: 09/12/2018
Electronic publication date: 31/12/2018
Collection year: 2018
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
Odontogenic myxoma is a benign mesenchymal odontogenic tumor that is more frequently found in the mandibular molar region. The extra-osseous counterpart, called Peripheral Odontogenic Myxoma (POM), is an exceedingly rare entity and with very low aggressive potential.
Methods:
Clinical and radiographic findings are not specific, and difficulties may exist in differentiating histological findings of POM from other tumors with myxoid features, such as fibromas and oral focal mucinosis. Due to the fact that the presence of odontogenic epithelium is not required for the diagnosis, a myxoid lesion without odontogenic nests that develops in extraosseous position can be misdiagnosed with a soft tissue myxoma.
Case Reports:
We thereby present two cases of POM and conduct an extensive and critical review of the English literature, taking into consideration both certain and putative cases of POM.
