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    Language

    English

    Publication Date

    12-10-2009

    Journal

    Head and Neck Pathology

    DOI

    10.1007/s12105-009-0154-x

    PMID

    20237988

    PMCID

    PMC2825531

    PubMedCentral® Posted Date

    December 2009

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    Abstract

    We report a locally aggressive collagenous myofibroblastic neoplasm of the mandible in an 18-year-old male. Clinically, the lesion presented with rapid growth and irregular mandibular bone destruction. Grossly, the tumor was 10 cm in greatest dimension, light-tan, firm, and involving the posterior one-thirds of the body and inferior half of the left mandibular ramus. Histologically, the lesion was composed of a loose spindle cell proliferation interspersed with periodic dense bands of collagen. The spindle cells reacted positively to smooth muscle actin, calponin, and focally to desmin and were negative for S-100, pan-cytokeratin, CD99, CD34 and caldesmon, supporting myofibroblastic derivation. At our 4 year follow-up, the patient remained free of local recurrence and surgery related complications. The clinicopathologic findings and the differential diagnosis of this lesion is presented and discussed.

    Keywords

    Mandible, Myofibroblastic neoplasm, Mesenchymal tumors, Odontogenic tumors

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