Photogallery
Login
Archives
ABSTRACT
Pindborg Tumor- Cystic Variant or Entity: A Rare Case Report, Differential Diagnosis and Literature Review
Shefali, Devi Charan Shetty, Saurabh Juneja,Meenakshi Singhal, Dipanshu Aggarwal
ABSTRACT
Pindborg tumor (Calcifying epithelial Odontogenictumor CEOT) are associated with impacted teeth and might be mistaken for a dentigerous cyst on radiographs. CEOT has distinct histologic characteristics, however among its multiple histologic subtypes, the cystic variant is an infrequent and poorly characterised entity. We report a rare case of a young female patient with an anterior maxillary enlargement that turned out to be a CEOT and the current case being a unique cystic variant of CEOT that is clinically resembling Adenomatoid OdontogenicTumor (AOT), along with an analysis of previous documented cases that can assist clinicians in developing a better treatment strategy and prognosis. Hence, documenting this uncommon case, we suggest to hypothesize that CEOT can be categorized into two types: cystic variant and neoplastic variant where each of these genotypes may have distinct prognosis. Cystic CEOT should thus be considered a histomorphological variant of CEOT.
[Full Text Article]