Abstract
Odontogenic myxoma is a rare neoplasm wich can occure in soft tissue or bone, which has the high risk for massive destruction of the jaws and derividing from mesenchymal tooth forming tissues, OM has a predilection in the mandiblular posterior region. In this report we present the case of a typical odontogenic myxoma in a 20-year-old male patient, who acquired large swelling and involved the whole the left half of the mandible including the ramus and molar region resulting in grossly facial assymetry within a peroid of 3 years. After the diagnosis was confirmed the patient was treated with left hemimandibulectomy and reconstruction was done.
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