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Odontogenic Myxoma with Diffuse Calcifications: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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This is a case report of an unusual odontogenic myxoma with calcifications, one of three reported in the literature. It had a typical radiographic appearance although it presented in an older patient. The presence of osteo-cementum-like calcification raises other differential diagnoses but does not in and of itself mitigate the diagnosis. The patient has not shown recurrence 14 months after resection and 11 months after reconstruction and continues to be closely monitored.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Dr. Toby Feldman of Arlington, MA, Dr. John J. Boyle of Arlington, MA and Dr. William Faquin of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA for their help with providing radiographs and the slides for this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Lahey

  2. Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Sook-Bin Woo

  3. Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sook-Bin Woo

  4. Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Hee-Kyung Park

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Lahey, E., Woo, SB. & Park, HK. Odontogenic Myxoma with Diffuse Calcifications: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Head and Neck Pathol 7, 97–102 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-012-0387-y

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