A case of cementoblastoma showing growth in 5 months

Cementoblastoma is a rare odontogenic tumor that tends to occur in the jaws of young people. It is most commonly characterized by a circumscribed radiopaque mass attached to the tooth roots and rimmed by a radiolucent zone. To our knowledge, few reports have documented an increase in the size of thi...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 184 - 188
Main Authors FUJII, Tomoko, OHNISHI, Yuichi, MINAMINO, Yuki, YOSHIMOTO, Hitoshi, GOTOH, Motohiro, KAKUDO, Kenji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 20.04.2016
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cementoblastoma
increase tendency
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Summary:Cementoblastoma is a rare odontogenic tumor that tends to occur in the jaws of young people. It is most commonly characterized by a circumscribed radiopaque mass attached to the tooth roots and rimmed by a radiolucent zone. To our knowledge, few reports have documented an increase in the size of this tumor. We studied a cementoblastoma arising in the mandibular left first molar of a 13-year-old girl and analyzed the growth of this tumor on computed tomography. During a period of 5 months, the tumor diameter increased by about 4 mm, and the volume increased from 6.484 cm3 to 11.955 cm3.
ISSN:0021-5163
2186-1579
DOI:10.5794/jjoms.62.184