Dentigerous cyst or adenomatoid odontogenic tumor: clinical radiological and histopathological dilemma

Shivesh Acharya; Ashima Goyal; Vidya Rattan; Kim Vaiphei; Sarabjot Kaur Bhatia

doi:10.1155/2014/514720

Dentigerous cyst or adenomatoid odontogenic tumor: clinical radiological and histopathological dilemma

Case Rep Med. 2014:2014:514720. doi: 10.1155/2014/514720. Epub 2014 Jul 1.

Authors

Shivesh Acharya¹, Ashima Goyal¹, Vidya Rattan², Kim Vaiphei³, Sarabjot Kaur Bhatia¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
³ Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.

Abstract

Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is a well-recognised slow growing benign tumor derived from complex system of dental lamina or its remnants. This lesion is categorised into three variants of which the more common variant is follicular type which is often mistaken for dentigerous cyst. We present a case of AOT in a 14-year-old male who was misdiagnosed as dentigerous cyst. Clinical radiological and therapeutic characteristics of the case are commented on in detail.