Primordial odontogenic tumour of the maxilla: case report and review of the literature

L Pozuelo Arquimbau; A B Moreno García; J C Ferreres Piñas; O Escuder de la Torre

doi:10.1016/j.ijom.2022.02.011

Primordial odontogenic tumour of the maxilla: case report and review of the literature

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022 Dec;51(12):1530-1534. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.02.011. Epub 2022 Mar 9.

Authors

L Pozuelo Arquimbau¹, A B Moreno García², J C Ferreres Piñas², O Escuder de la Torre³

Affiliations

¹ Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Parc Taulí University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: lpozuelo@tauli.cat.
² Department of Pathology Anatomy, Parc Taulí University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Department Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Parc Taulí University Hospital, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 35279335
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2022.02.011

Abstract

Primordial odontogenic tumour (POT) is a relatively newly described entity with well-defined clinicopathological features. Since its initial description in 2014, 22 cases of POT have been reported in the literature. Only five cases of POT have arisen in the maxilla. This article describes an additional patient with a POT of the maxilla and provides a review of the literature on POT.

Keywords: benign neoplasm; maxilla; maxillary neoplasms; odontogenic tumors; tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Maxilla* / pathology
Odontogenic Tumors* / diagnostic imaging
Odontogenic Tumors* / pathology
Odontogenic Tumors* / surgery