Abstract
Primordial odontogenic tumor (POT) is a rare odontogenic tumor characterized by a variably cellular loose fibrous tissue with areas similar to the dental papilla and covered by cuboidal to columnar epithelium. We herein report a case of POT in a 14-year-old boy. Computed tomography (CT) exhibited a round cavity with a defined cortical border circumscribing the tooth of the second molar. However, the gross finding was a solid mass, not a cyst. Histologically, the tumor consisted of dental papillalike myxoid connective tissue covered by columnar epithelium. Therefore, although the clinical diagnosis was dentigerous cyst (DC), we diagnosed POT based on histologic findings. Clinical findings of POT resemble DC, but the clinical behavior of POT is different to DC, such as cortical expansion and root resorption of teeth. Therefore, histological differentiation of POT from DC is critical for accurate diagnosis.
Highlights
A primordial odontogenic tumor (POT) is a recently described tumor, which is classified as a benign, mixed odontogenic tumor in the fourth edition of the World Health
Lesion presents in side left side the posterior dible as a dentigerous cystlike, well-circumscribed radiolucency associated with an unerupted molar in computed tomography
POT is a new entity that was first reported in a case series of six cases in 2014 rare tumor composed of cellular loose fibrous tissue surrounded by cuboidal to c epithelium
Summary
Sawako Ono 1, *, Hotaka Kawai 2 , Shintaro Sukegawa 2,3 , Kiyofumi Takabatake 2 , Keisuke Nakano 2 , Hitoshi Nagatsuka 2 and Tadashi Yoshino 4.
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