Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor: a case report with 3-year follow up

Abstract

The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) was documented originally by Thonay Goldman. It was known as Pindborg tumor due to its description in 1955 by Pindborg and its description was full detail accomplished in 1958. It is a rare and important tumor for its similarity to a carcinoma badly differentiated. The adults are mainly affected, in a 40 year-old medium age. The election area is the body of the mandible, which is attacked in double than the maxilla. It has slow growth and usually is asymptomatic, until the edema becomes obstructive. Radiographs show radiolucent area, with badly defined margins and, usually, radiopacity areas inside of the tumor, with the mature. The CEOT are not encapsulated and, for that, locally invasive. Its behavior resembles to the ameloblastomas. The authors report a case of a 22-year-old woman with CEOT in the mandible associated to root reabsorptions and an unerupted canine tooth in the mentol base. It was realized clinical and surgical treatments and it was accomplished panoramic radiographs for diagnosis and tumor control, with 3-year follow up.