Abstract
A 27-year old female patient visited our department because of painless swelling of the left maxillary premolar region June. 1982. This was first noticed about 6 years before and 45 teeth were extracted by a certain dentist with no success.
This tumor-like swelling was a hemispherical, thumbtip sized phyma. Radiografic examination revealed. polycystic honeycomb bone resorption in the affected site which could be clearly discriminated from normal bones. In addition to 36 extraction, the tumor was surgically removed. The prognosis is evenful without any complication at present.
The histopathological diagnosis was odontogenic myxoma.
