Report of a Rare Case of an Odontogenic Myxoma of the Maxilla and Review of Literature

Author(s):

Manjunath SM, Gupta AA, Swetha P, Moon NJ, Singh S, Singh A

Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is a mesenchymal tissue benign neoplasia, being relatively rare which is almost exclusively seen in toothâÃ?Â?Ã?Â?bearing areas. OM commonly occurs in the 2nd and 3rd decade and the mandible is involved more commonly than the maxilla. The lesion often grows without symptoms and presents as a painless swelling. Radiographically, the myxoma appears as a unilocular or multilocular radiolucency. This article presents a rare case of OM occurring in the maxilla of a 28âÃ?Â?Ã?Â?yearâÃ?Â?Ã?Â?old female patient with a brief review of the literature.