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PROBLEMS IN DIAGNOSING ODONTOGENIC MYXOMA: CASE REPORT
Abstract
Tumours and tumour-like growths arising from odontogenic tissues constitute a heterogenous
group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and
pathologists. In children, these lesions are even more difficult to clinically and histopathologically
diagnose definitively because of the concurrent diverse embryologic differentiation of dental
tissues. A case is presented of a 12 year-old boy who was subjected to inappropriate primary
management of a left mandibular mass, due apparently to inadequate consultation to establish
an accurate diagnosis.
group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and
pathologists. In children, these lesions are even more difficult to clinically and histopathologically
diagnose definitively because of the concurrent diverse embryologic differentiation of dental
tissues. A case is presented of a 12 year-old boy who was subjected to inappropriate primary
management of a left mandibular mass, due apparently to inadequate consultation to establish
an accurate diagnosis.
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