Case Report

The Importance of Histopathological Examination to the Final Diagnosis of Peripheral Odontogenic Tumors: A Case Report of a Peripheral Odontoma

Table 1

Review of peripheral odontoma cases described in the literature.

AuthorAgeGenderLocationErupted POHistopathologic diagnosis

Present case30MaleAnterior maxillary regionYesCompound odontoma
Custódio et al.11FemaleAnterior maxillary regionNoComplex odontoma
Sfakianou et al.7 MoMalePosterior mandible regionNoPeripheral developing odontoma
Ahmed24MalePosterior mandible regionYesComplex odontoma
Bagewadi et al.22MalePosterior mandible regionYesComplex odontoma
Bereket et al.19MalePosterior maxillary regionYesCompound odontoma
Kudva et al.23MalePosterior mandible regionYesComplex odontoma
Raval et al.22MaleAnterior maxillary regionYesCompound odontoma
Ohtawa et al.10FemalePosterior maxillary regionYesComplex odontoma
Arunkumar et al.22MalePosterior maxillary regionYesComplex odontoma
Tejasvi and Babu22FemaleAnterior mandible regionYesCompound odontoma
Friedrich et al.3MalePosterior maxillary regionNoPeripheral developing odontoma
Serra-Serra et al.11
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Male
Male
Posterior maxillary region
Anterior mandible region
Yes
Yes
Complex odontoma
Compound odontoma
Shekar et al.15FemalePosterior mandible regionYesCompound odontoma
Silva et al.5 Mo
8 Mo
Male
Male
Anterior maxillary region
Anterior maxillary region
No
No
Peripheral developing odontoma
Peripheral developing odontoma
Ilief-Ala et al.2FemalePosterior maxillary regionYesComplex odontoma
Vengal et al.23MalePosterior mandible regionYesComplex odontoma
Junquera et al.23FemalePosterior maxillary regionYesComplex odontoma
Ide et al.39MaleAnterior maxillary regionNoComplex odontoma
Ledesma-Montes et al.3FemalePosterior mandible regionNoCompound odontoma
Giunta et al.21MalePosterior mandible regionNoCompound odontoma

Patient’s age at the time of the oral examination. Months