A 10-year retrospective study on odontogenic tumors in Iran

The aim of this study was to review cases of odontogenic tumors diagnosed in two pathology centers in Tehran, Iran, during a 10-year period. Patients' records were seen at two teaching pathology Centre's of Shahid Beheshti University between the months of March 2000 to 2010 with histologic...

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Published inIndian journal of dental research : official publication of Indian Society for Dental Research Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 220
Main Authors Taghavi, Nasim, Rajabi, Moones, Mehrdad, Leili, Sajjadi, Samad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India 01.03.2013
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ameloblastoma - epidemiology
Biopsy - statistics & numerical data
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Mandibular Neoplasms - epidemiology
Maxillary Neoplasms - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Odontogenic Tumors - epidemiology
Odontoma - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Young Adult
Iran
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Summary:The aim of this study was to review cases of odontogenic tumors diagnosed in two pathology centers in Tehran, Iran, during a 10-year period. Patients' records were seen at two teaching pathology Centre's of Shahid Beheshti University between the months of March 2000 to 2010 with histologic diagnosis of any type of odontogenic tumors. The records were analyzed for frequency, age, sex, site, as well as clinical, radiographic and histopathologic findings. Of 30706 biopsies, 4767 (15.5%) cases were diagnosed as oral and maxillofacial lesions. Among these, 720 cases were tumoral with 188 (26.1%) cases of odontogenic tumors. Tumors with odontogenic epithelium origin formed 70.2% of total numbers of odontogenic tumors. Mixed odontogenic tumors and tumors of odontogenic ectomesenchyme comprised 12.2% and 17.5% of the cases respectively. Ameloblastoma, with a frequency of 62.2% was the most common tumor in this review which was followed by odontoma and odontogenic myxoma. Although there are few studies on odontogenic tumors in literature, the comparison of our results with existing data shows significant differences in the distribution of tumors and age of patients, which may be due to ethnic features and geographic distribution of patients. Future studies on other ethnic groups are essential for further clarification of the findings in this research.
ISSN:1998-3603