Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the oral cavity and related structures in Israeli children

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“…This is similar to the findings of Arotiba [6]. However, other authors have reported higher [9,11-13] or lower [4,14] frequency of these heterogenous group of lesions in children and adolescents.…”

“…Some studies were restricted to children under the age of 14 years [3,15], or 15 years [4,6,11-13,16], while others included higher age groups [9,14]. Odontogenic tumors were most frequently seen in patients in group 4 in this study (> 15 years) in agreement with Adebayo et al [9].…”

“…In humans, tumors of odontogenic tissues are comparatively rare, comprising of about 1% of all jaw tumors [2]. In children and adolescents, neoplastic lesions are often benign and are of mesenchymal origin [3,4]. Choung and Kaban [5] were of the opinion that tumor histology in this age group did not correspond to their clinical behaviour.…”

Odontogenic myxoma in a 52-year-old woman

“…OM occurs in individuals of second to third decade of life 4 5. According to Kaffe et al 13 the mean age of the patients at the time of diagnosis was 29.6 years.…”

“…Most frequently, OM occurs in the second to third decade of life. Children below the age of 10 years and adults over 50 years of age are rarely affected 4 5. OM is more common in women, male-to-female ratio is 1:2 6.…”