Odontogenic myxoma

Odontogenic myxoma
SpecialtyDentistry

The odontogenic myxoma is an uncommon benign odontogenic tumor arising from embryonic connective tissue associated with tooth formation.[1] As a myxoma, this tumor consists mainly of spindle shaped cells and scattered collagen fibers distributed through a loose, mucoid material.[2]

  1. ^ Sapp, J. Philip., Lewis R. Eversole, and George P. Wysocki. Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2002. 152-53.
  2. ^ Cawson, R. A., and E. W. Odell. Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine. 8th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2008. 145-46.