Central odontogenic fibroma: an international multicentric study of 62 cases. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the clinicopathologic features of 62 cases of central odontogenic fibroma (COdF). STUDY DESIGN: Clinical and radiographic data were collected from the records of 13 oral pathology laboratories. All cases were microscopically reviewed, considering the current World Health Organization classification of tumors and were classified according to histopathologic features. RESULTS: There were 43 females and 19 males (average age 33.9 years; range 8-63 years). Clinically, COdF lesions appeared as asymptomatic swellings, occurring similarly in the maxilla (n=33) and the mandible (n=29); 9 cases exhibited palatal depression. Imaging revealed well-defined, interradicular unilocular (n=27), and multilocular (n=12) radiolucencies, with displacement of contiguous teeth (55%) and root resorption (46.4%). Microscopically, classic features of epithelial-rich (n=33), amyloid (n=10), associated giant cell lesion (n=7), ossifying (n=6), epithelial-poor (n=3), and granular cell (n=3) variants were seen. Langerhans cells were highlighted by CD1a staining in 17 cases. Most patients underwent conservative surgical treatments, with 1 patient experiencing recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this study represents the largest clinicopathologic study of COdF. Most cases appeared as locally aggressive lesions located in tooth-bearing areas in middle-aged women. Inactive-appearing odontogenic epithelium is usually observed within a fibrous/fibromyxoid stroma, occasionally exhibiting amyloid deposits, multinucleated giant cells, or granular cells.

published proceedings

  • Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol

altmetric score

  • 8.75

author list (cited authors)

  • Roza, A., Sousa, E. M., Leite, A. A., Amaral-Silva, G. K., Morais, T., Wagner, V. P., ... Vargas, P. A.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Roza, Ana Luiza Oliveira Corrêa||Sousa, Emanuel Mendes||Leite, Amanda Almeida||Amaral-Silva, Gleyson Kleber||Morais, Thayná Melo de Lima||Wagner, Vivian Petersen||Schuch, Lauren Frenzel||Vasconcelos, Ana Carolina Uchoa||de Arruda, José Alcides Almeida||Mesquita, Ricardo Alves||Fonseca, Felipe Paiva||Abrahão, Aline Corrêa||Agostini, Michelle||de Andrade, Bruno Augusto Benevenuto||da Silveira, Ericka Janine Dantas||Martínez-Flores, René||Rondanelli, Benjamin Martínez||Alberdi-Navarro, Javier||Robinson, Liam||Marin, Constanza||Assunção Júnior, José Narciso Rosa||Valiati, Renato||Fregnani, Eduardo Rodrigues||Santos-Silva, Alan Roger||Lopes, Marcio Ajudarte||Hunter, Keith D||Khurram, Syed Ali||Speight, Paul M||Mosqueda-Taylor, Adalberto||van Heerden, Willie FP||Carlos, Román||Wright, John M||de Almeida, Oslei Paes||Romañach, Mário José||Vargas, Pablo Agustin

publication date

  • January 2021