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Letter to JCP
Juxtaoral organ of Chievitz presenting clinically as a tumour
  1. F Ide,
  2. K Mishima,
  3. I Saito
  1. Department of Pathology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2–1–3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230–8501, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr F Ide, Department of Pathology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230–8501, Japan;
 ide-f{at}tsurumi-u.ac.jp

Abstract

An extremely rare hamartomatous lesion of the juxtaoral organ of Chievitz (JOOC) in a 63 year old man is reported. The tumour appeared as a large mass in the infratemporal fossa with associated mandibular bone resorption; histologically, it was well encapsulated and composed of numerous tangled masses of benign squamous epithelial nests and mature fibrofatty tissue. There were no histological features suggestive of neoplastic transformation. A literature survey confirmed that this is the first adult case of JOOC presenting clinically as an extraoral tumour.

  • adult
  • extraoral tumour
  • hamartoma
  • juxtaoral organ of Chievitz
  • CK, cytokeratin
  • JOOC, juxtaoral organ of Chievitz

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.56.10.789

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