Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 415-421, August 2008

Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma in a Taiwan Chinese Population: A Retrospective Analysis

  • Chun-Tzu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • The first and second authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Fu-Hsiung Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • The first and second authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Jeng-Huey Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endodontics and Operative Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yuk-Kwan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Oral Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Yuk-Kwan Chen, Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 16 November 2007; accepted 29 January 2008.

Article Outline

A retrospective analysis of 25 cases of peripheral odontogenic fibroma (World Health Organization-type) (PODF [WHO-type]) in a Taiwan Chinese population was performed at a single institution. The clinical findings, which included a wide age distribution, a female preponderance and no racial predilection, were consistent with those of previous case series reports; however, a slight preference for location in the maxilla was found in the current case series. It is noteworthy that one particularly sizable lesion was identified in a 30-year-old Chinese female who presented with a swollen mass in the right mandible that had been present for about 2 years. Intraoral examination revealed an exophytic firm mass that measured 4.5 × 4 cm, located over the right mandibular edentulous ridge from the second premolar to the second molar area. Both panoramic radiography and computerized tomography revealed multiple radiopacities within the tumor. In conclusion, the analysis of clinical data in the current case series of PODFs (WHO-type) occurring in Taiwan Chinese mostly corroborates other reports; however, an unusually large mandible lesion was noted, indicative of the apparent size that such tumors can reach unless they are surgically removed at an early stage.

Key Words:  Chinese , large , mandible , peripheral odontogenic fibroma

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PII: S1607-551X(08)70165-7

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70165-7

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 415-421, August 2008

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