Student and Faculty Publications
Publication Date
12-10-2009
Journal
Head and Neck Pathology
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
Recommended Citation
Nash, Jason W.; Hessel, Amy C.; Vigneswaran, Nadarajah; and El-Naggar, Adel K., "Collagenous Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Mandible: Case Report of a Unique Locally Aggressive Neoplasm Journal Head and Neck Pathology" (2009). Student and Faculty Publications. 14.
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