1Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Former Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Professor & Head, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Neeta Mohanty, Professor & Head, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India e-mail: neetamohanty@soa.ac.in
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
This report has described a case of central odontogenic fibroma coexisting with inflammatory odontogenic cyst for the second time in the literature. The case describes a 48-year-old female presented with swelling and intermittent pain in the upper left posterior teeth region. Mobile maxillary left second premolarwas found to be associated with a well‑defined unilocular radiolucency and root resorption. Histopathology showed collagenous connective tissue and odontogenic epithelial cells arranged in the form of nests and cords. Along with the conventional features of central odontogenic fibroma an inflammatory cyst was also found. Therefore, the case of central odontogenic fibroma coexisting with inflammatory odontogenic cyst shall be discussed in this report highlighting the possible aetiopathogenesis and prognosis of such lesions.
Odontogenic fibroma, Central Odontogenic fibroma
