Intraosseous Leiomyoma of the Jaw in an Adolescent

J Dent Child (Chic). 2017 May 15;84(2):90-96.

Abstract

Leiomyoma is a benign tumor of the smooth muscle that rarely occurs in the mouth as an intraosseous lesion. The purposes of this paper are to: (1) present a case of an intraosseous solid leiomyoma of the mandible in a 13-year-old child, who presented with a well-defined unilocular radiolucency in the right mandible incidentally discovered during a routine dental radiographic examination; and (2) conduct a review of the literature to describe clinicopathological features and management of intraosseous jaw leiomyoma (IJL). A total of 17 articles describing 18 cases of IJL satisfied the selection criteria; including the present patient, to date a total of 19 cases of IJL have been reported. IJL occurs mainly in young patients (36.8 percent), more often in boys (1:5:1 male-to-female ratio), and reaches a larger size in children than in adults. The treatment of choice for IJL is surgical excision, which should be as minimally invasive as possible, especially in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Leiomyoma / pathology
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Radiography, Panoramic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed