Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma: Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Odontogenic fibroma is a rare benign tumor of mature fibrous connective tissue, with varying amounts of inactive-appearing odontogenic epithelium, with or without evidence of calcification. There are two types ; central odontogenic fibroma and peripheral odontogenic fibroma. Peripheral odontogenic fibroma is a rare, non-encapsulated benign tumor of the oral mucosa often mistaken for a reactive lesion. Peripheral odontogenic fibroma is very often underdiagnosed or simply misdiagnosed, and therefore not much is known about this lesion. Through this work, we tried to bring out the sociodemographic, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic characteristics of this lesion.