KNOW THIS FIELD
Year : 2009 | Volume
: 13 | Issue : 2 | Page : 61-
Know this field
N Lavanya, Elizabeth Joshua, KM Umadevi, K Ranganathan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India
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N Lavanya
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Ragas Dental College and Hospital, Chennai
India
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Lavanya N, Joshua E, Umadevi K M, Ranganathan K. Know this field.J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2009;13:61-61
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Case Details
35 year old femalePain and swelling in left lower face past twenty days.H/o swelling after extraction of left lower back tooth one month backSwelling subsides on taking antibiotics and re-occursSwelling is warm, very tender, diffuse, cystic in nature, soft in consistency over the left angle of mandibleIntra orally 38 missing. A localised swelling, tender in retromolar region behind 38Provisional diagnosis:Submassetric space infectionExcisional biopsySite - Intraorally left retromolar region
Histopathology
Nodule of fibrovascular connective tissue exhibiting
Necrotic areas, Foci of mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate, nerve bundles [Figure 1] adipose tissue and clusters of squamous like epithelial cells areas depicted in the adjacent six photomicrographs.All these cliusters of squamous like epithelial cells interspersed with clear cells were adjacent to bundles of nerve tissue [Figure 2],[Figure 3],[Figure 4],[Figure 5],[Figure 6]
Differential Diagnosis
01) Malignant squamous epithelial islands - Squamous cell carcinoma 2) Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 3) Adenocarcinoma 4) Metastatic deposits 5) Perineural invasion by carcinoma 6. Odontogenic tumours (Squamous Odontogenic Tumour, Adenomatoid odontogenic tumour, Ameloblastoma) 7) Normal findings like Odontogenic rests in the tissue or Organ of Chevitz.
Diagnosis
Chronic granulation tissue (associated with space infection) with Juxta Oral Organ Of Chevitz in the tissue
Juxta Oral Organ of Chevitz
These are a cluster of squamous epithelial cells, some times interspersed with clear cells and duct like appearance found microscopially in the tissue taken from the site where inferior alveolar nerve block is given i.e. medial to mandibular internal oblique ridge and pterygomandibular raphe. These are closely associated with myelinated nerve bundles and are suggested to be neuroepithelial structures with a neuroendocrine function.
Points to Remember
Site of biopsy.Characteristic histopathological appearance, PAS positive intact basement membraneClinical presentation of the lesion.
References
Juxtaoral Organ(Chevitz Organ): Morphology and Clinical aspects. Baltimore, Urban and Schwarzberg, 1982 (Monograph)The juxtaoral organ of Chievitz . Int J Surg Pathol. 2003 Jan; 11(1):37.
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