Author/Authors :
Mujib, Bangalore Rahim Ahmed Bapuji Dental College and Hospital - Departments of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, India , Kulkarni, Pavan Gurunathrao Bapuji Dental College and Hospital - Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, India , Lingappa, Ashok Bapuji Dental College and Hospital - Oral Medicine and Radiology, India , Jahagirdar, Abhishek Bapuji Dental College and Hospital - Departments of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, India , Soman, Cristalle Bapuji Dental College and Hospital - Oral Medicine and Radiology, India
Abstract :
Pindborg tumor, the eponymous counterpart of calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT), is a rare benign odontogenic neoplasm that was first described by a Dutch pathologist Jens Jorgen Pindborg in 1955 and accounts for approximately 1% of all odontogenic tumors. Its origin as well as its malignant potential is controversial. This neoplasm is possibly of stratum intermedium origin and occurring predominantly in the mandible of adults. We hereby report a case of Pindborg tumor arising in the premaxilla which is seldom (9 out of 200 cases) documented in the scientific literature.
