Mixoma odontogénico. Revisión de la literatura

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate demographic aspects such as age; location; prevalence; clinical, radiographic and histological analysis; The treatment, results and recurrence of Odontogenic Myxoma. This literature review was carried out at the end of 2022 in different search engines (PubMed, Scielo, ProQuest and Google Scholar), using the search strategy: (Odontogenic myxoma), (Odontogenic myxofibroma) and (Oral myxoma) (Odontogenic tumor) to identify articles that present information on demographic properties such as age; location; prevalence; clinical, radiographic and histological analysis; as well as its treatment, results and recurrence. Of a total of 9,222 articles found in the search engines, only 33 articles met the inclusion and exclusion criteria.: With the review of the literature carried out, it was concluded that odontogenic myxoma is considered the third most common odontogenic tumor. Which has a clear predilection for the female sex, being rare in the male sex and is found mostly between the second and third decade of life. Its location is mostly in the posterior mandibular sector and clinically it manifests as slow, painless growth; although it can behave more aggressively, causing pain, paresthesia and damage to adjacent structures such as teeth and bones. Radiographically, the most prevalent pattern is multilocular, but unilocular or mixed patterns can also be found.