Odontogenic Neoplasms With Infrequent Microscopic Features: A Retrospective Study Odontogenic Neoplasms with Infrequent Microscopic Features
Journal of Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
Vol. 42 No. 1 (2024),
16 June 2024
,
Page 1-6
https://doi.org/10.22037/jds.v42i1.45268
Abstract
Objectives Odontogenic tumors are lesions with unique microscopic patterns and clinical behavior. They are divided into three groups: epithelial, mesenchymal, and mixed. These neoplasms have several unique microscopic patterns; however, limited information exists on their infrequent features. This study aimed to enquire into the infrequent histopathologic features of odontogenic neoplasms in an oral pathology referral center in Iran.
Methods The archives of oral pathology department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, were investigated retrospectively over a 30-year period. The files with a diagnosis of odontogenic tumors were selected. All microscopic slides were re-evaluated, and cases with infrequent features were extracted. Finally, demographic data were extracted and analyzed for possible correlations with pathologic features.
Results Over 30 years, 503 odontogenic tumors were diagnosed, of which 30 (5.96%) showed infrequent microscopic features. The mean age of patients was 33.7, ranging from 15 to 69 years. Mandibular predilection (80%) was the most prominent feature, and the male-to-female ratio was 0.87. Approximately 80% of the lesions displayed painless swelling. In solid ameloblastoma, microscopic features included adenoid appearance, hyalinization, keratin pearls, dyskeratosis, and hemangiomatous appearance. Papillary patterns, pure granular cells, clear cells, hypercellular whorls, and ghost cells were also observed, while ameloblastic carcinomas most commonly showed mucous cells, keratin pearls, and sheets of spindle cells.
Conclusion Although odontogenic tumors are mostly a homogeneous group of tumors, they sometimes show diversity in several features, many of which indicate the multipotentiality of the odontogenic epithelium. In this study, although all the criteria of adenoid tumors were not observed, five samples showed some features of adenoid ameloblastoma.
- Ameloblastoma
- adenoid
- Odontogenic Tumor
- Mandible
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