Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor. Case report and literature review

ABSTRACTAdenomatoid odontogenic tumor is a hamartomous benign neoplasia of odontogenic origin. It appears mostly in young patients and females, the maxillary region being the most affected. It is a slow-growing, asymptomatic lesion. It is related to non-erupted teeth, mainly canines. Lesions of this type can be clinically classified as a follicular, extra follicular and peripheral lesions. Treatment for these lesions is enucleation and curettage of affected area. No recurrence has been observed

Successful resection of a chordoma through a Le Fort I osteotomy and sagittal maxiliar. Report of a case

We report the case of an 11 year-old boy diagnosed with chordoma of the sphenoidal clivus who was operated at the Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (INP) where an extracranial resection was performed through a Le Fort I sagittal jaw osteotomy

Tumor odontogénico adenomatoide. Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

ResumenEl tumor odontogénico adenomatoide es una neoplasia de tipo benigno hamartomatosa de origen odontogénico, se presenta en pacientes jóvenes, siendo el género femenino y la región maxilar los más afectados, de crecimiento lento, asintomáticos, se relacionan a órganos dentarios no erupcionados principalmente el canino, clínicamente se clasifica como: folicular, extrafolicular y periférico, el tratamiento para esta lesión es la enucleación y curetaje de la zona afectada sin observarse recidiva.AbstractAdenomatoid odontogenic tumor is a hamartomous benign neoplasia of odontogenic origin. It appears mostly in young patients and females, the maxillary region being the most affected. It is a slow-growing, asymptomatic lesion. It is related to non-erupted teeth, mainly canines. Lesions of this type can be clinically classified as a follicular, extra follicular and peripheral lesions. Treatment for these lesions is enucleation and curettage of affected area. No recurrence has been observed