Keratocystic odontogenic tumor

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the frequency of keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KOT) in the Oral Surgery Service (OSS) of the University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (HUCFF / UFRJ), with respect to recurrence rate, gender, age of recurrence and location of the injury Methods: clinical records were reviewed and histopathological reports of KOT patients of the HUCFF/UFRJ between 2002 and 2012. Patients diagnosed with KOT were divided into two groups for the occurrence of relapse: positive (n=6) and negative (n=19) Results: regarding the location, there was a predilection for the mandible. In the average age of patients in the positive group was 40.5 and the negative group, 35.53. In the distribution by gender, positive group showed equal distribution, different from that observed in the negative group, which showed a predilection for males Conclusion: KOT was the second most frequent injury in our patients, recurrence was lower among males and had the jaw as most affected location

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Main Authors:	MOURA,BRENDA DE SOUZA, CAVALCANTE,MARIA APARECIDA, HESPANHOL,WAGNER
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2016
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912016000600466
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