Maxillary odontogenic myxoma involving the maxillary sinus: case report.

نویسندگان

  • Allan Ulisses Carvalho de Melo
  • Sérgio Bartolomeu de Farias Martorelli
  • Paulo Henrique de Holanda Cavalcanti
  • Luiz Alcino Gueiros
  • Fernando de Oliveira Martorelli
چکیده

The aim of this paper is to report a case of odontogenic myxoma that affected the right maxilla and maxillary sinus. We have also reviewed the literature in regards of the clinical, radiographic, histological and treatment aspects of this pathology. Odontogenic myxomas of the maxillofacial region are benign lesions, without preference for gender, race or location, with extremely varied clinical and radiographic characteristics, thus increasing the number oral and maxillofacial region tumors with which we can make the differential diagnosis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

دوره 74 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008