Peripheral Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour — Is It Really Peripheral?: A Case Report
Published: July 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3179
N. Lavanya, M.R.C. Rajeshwari, R. Bharathi, A. Shaheen
1. Formerly Postgraduate Student,
Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Pathology,
Tamil Nadu Government dental College and Hospital,
Chennai, India.
2. Formerly Assistant Professor,
Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Pathology,
Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital,
Chennai, India.
3. Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Pathology,
Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital,
Chennai, India.
4. Formerly Head of Department,
Department of Oral and Maxillo Facial Pathology,
Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital,
Chennai, India.
Correspondence
Ms N Lavanya,
15/1, Canal Road, Tiruvanmiyur,
Chennai – 600 041, India.
E-mail: lavanyabds@yahoo.com
A Peripheral Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour (PAOT) is quite a rare entity which has been infrequently reported in the literature. These uncommon clinical variants of an Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour (AOT), typically manifest as a soft tissue mass of the gingiva, which mimick a common epulis, but yet have an identical histopathologic presentation as their intraosseous counterpart. These lesions, though they are indolent in nature, have a tendency to cause well defined deep bony pockets. Only fourteen cases have been adequately documented so far. We are reporting a case of a PAOT of the anterior maxillary gingiva, with a periodontal bone defect in a 12 year old girl. The relevant literature has been briefly reviewed, with an insight into the probable origin of PAOTs with bony defects.
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