Aspects diagnostiques et résultats du traitement chirurgical des tumeurs maxillomandibulaires : à propos de 23 cas

Benign Tumors of the Maxillary Bones (About 30 Cases)

“…Benign maxillary tumors represent a rare entity [1][2][3][4][5], the requirement in our series was 7 cases/year, result identical to that of KOVI [5] and similar to that of JANAH [1] and KOVI contrary to the series of RAKOTOARISOA where the incidence was 14 cases/yearthe mean age of our patients was 3O years of age result which is similar to other studies consistent with the literature data since the incidence of these tumors remains important during the 2nd and 3rd decades [6][7][8][9][10] in our series we did not find a predominance of sex; same result found in the series of E.kpemsi [7], contrary to the studies of RAKOTOARISOA [6], AYANECHI [10] and AVELAR [12] tumor being the preponderant functional sign in all series the clinical examination has objected a tumor size that exceeds 4cm in 67% of cases, a result similar to that of heymans [18] and agbokponto [13].…”

“…No cases of malignant transformation have been noted in our series which join the literature data with a low rate not exceeding 10% [8].…”

“…Infection was found in 7% of cases treated with antibiotic therapy and no case of tumor recurrence was found in our series, however TAGBA [8] reports a case of recurrence of ameloblastoma treated with conservative surgery, a rate that reached 3,3% in the LOMPO [11] series especially for ameloblastomas.…”

“…In our series we opted for radical surgery in 43% of cases in case of locally aggressive tumor with a high risk of recurrence (ameloblastoma; granuloma has giant cells..). in most authors the radical surgery is the most appropriate to avoid recurrences carried out in 61% of cases in the TAGBA [8] series AND 70% in the LOMPO series [11].…”