Abstract

SQUAMOUS ODONTOGENIC TUMOR: A RARE PRESENTATION

Dr. Beena Varma*, Dr. Dhanya Mary Sam, Dr. Renju Jose, Reader, Dr. Aravind M.S., Dr. Mahija Janardhanan and Dr. Sreeja P. Kumar

Abstract

Squamous odontogenic tumor, ever since it has been first reported in the literature, remains to be a very rare odontogenic lesion. Pullon.et.al was the first to report a case of Squamous odontogenic tumor in 1975. Squamous odontogenic tumor is defined as a very rare benign neoplasm, locally infiltrative lesion which can extend to neighboring structures. The tumor generally presents itself as painless lesion but there cases where it has been seen associated with pain and tooth mobility. Squamous odontogenic tumor is usually manifested in anterior maxilla and posterior mandible. Here wepresent an atypical case of squamous odontogenic tumor of the posterior region of maxilla in a young female patient.

Keywords: Odontogenic, Rare, Semicircular, Tumor, Unilocular.