Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Oral and maxillofacial radiologyOnline only articleMultiple complex odontoma of the maxilla and the mandible
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Case Report
A 14-year-old male complaining of a large oral tumor was referred to our hospital. The tumor was small when it was discovered at birth. It grew slowly and expansively. No treatment had been delivered. Progressive swallowing and masticatory difficulties prompted the patient to seek treatment. The family history was unremarkable. General physical examination showed that the patient was undernourished. Routine blood test indicated anemia with low hemoglobin (117 g/L), low hematocrit (37% L/L), low
Discussion
Although odontoma is a very common odontogenic tumor, MO involving numerous sites of the jaws is not frequently encountered. A review of the English-language literature found 11 cases (Table I).2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13
In the present case, patients with MO included 5 females and 7 males aged from newborn to 27 years old, with the mean age of 11.5 years. MO can present as a congenital lesion and grow expansively. MO can involve one to four quadrants of the jaws. The tumors may be extensive or
Conclusions
Multiple odontomas can be local or extensive, involving numerous quadrants of the jaws. CT helps identify enamel attenuation in the amorphous calcification of complex multiple odontoma.
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