PMC5360813_01
Preoperative clinical presentation of the lesion
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F1
A 14-year-old boy reported to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology with an asymptomatic firm and sessile gingival mass in between 12 and 13 (Fig. 1).
Proliferating keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium into underlying connective tissue (4x)
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F2
The hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed a lesion consisting of fibrocellular connective tissue with multiple small islands and strands of odontogenic epithelium resembling remnants of the dental lamina (Figs 2 to 4).
Islands of odontogenic epithelium within a cellular fibrous stroma (10x)
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F3
The hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed a lesion consisting of fibrocellular connective tissue with multiple small islands and strands of odontogenic epithelium resembling remnants of the dental lamina (Figs 2 to 4).
Islands of odontogenic epithelium within a cellular fibrous stroma (40x)
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F4
The hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed a lesion consisting of fibrocellular connective tissue with multiple small islands and strands of odontogenic epithelium resembling remnants of the dental lamina (Figs 2 to 4).
Postoperative view
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F5
The patient was followed up for 6 months and showed no evidence of any recurrence (Fig. 5).