West China Journal of Stomatology

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Analysis of misdiagnosis of calcifying epithelioma in oral and maxillofacial-head and neck region

LIU Guolin, YAN Wei, SHI Bing -xia   

  1. Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061001, China
  • Received:2010-08-25 Revised:2010-08-25 Online:2010-08-20 Published:2010-08-20
  • Contact: LIU Guolin,Tel:0317-2075544

Abstract:

Eight patients misdiagnosed as calcifying epithelioma during 2003 -2008 at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Cangzhou Central Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The pertinent literatures were reviewed and the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, imaging performance and differential diagnosis of calcifying epithelioma were discussed.

Key words: calcifying epithelioma, pilomatricoma, misdiagnosis