An Aggressive Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor: A Rare Case Report
Sheetal Singar *
Department Oral Medicine and Radiology, Govt. College of Dentistry, Indore,India.
Ajay Pratap Singh Parihar
Department Oral Medicine and Radiology, Govt. College of Dentistry, Indore,India.
Prashanthi Reddy
Department Oral Medicine and Radiology, Govt. College of Dentistry, Indore,India.
Ashish Saxena
Department Pedodontics, Govt. College of Dentistry, Indore,India.
Arvind Jain
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Indore,India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor is an epithelial origin locally aggressive benign odontogenic tumor. It is an extremely rare neoplasm comprise of <1 % of all odontogenic tumors. It manifests clinically as asymptomatic, slow-growing, and locally aggressive lesion which causes expansion of the affected bone. About 400 cases of CEOT (calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor) are reported in the literature. This article reported a case 18 years old female with a locally aggressive calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor involving the mandible, without much disfigurement of the face.
Aim: The aim of this article to put a drop of water in the ocean of literature. Report a case with aggressive nature.
Keywords: Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor