Calcifying epithelial odontogenic (Pindborg) tumor involving a 16-year-old girl with no prominent clinical manifestation: A case report

Background and aim: the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (ceot) is a rare entity described by pindborg and represents < 1% of all odontogenic tumors. nearly 200 cases of this neoplasm have been reported to date. it mostly occurs in the posterior mandible associated with an impacted tooth, most often a mandibular molar. patients are usually between 30 and 50 years of age, with no sex predilection. case report: presented here is a case of an intraosseous ceot, which occurred in a 16-year-old female in the body of the mandible extending from tooth nos. 32 to 47 with no specific clinical manifestations. conclusion: ceot accounts for < 1% of all odontogenic tumors. approximately 200 cases have been reported today. this case report describes the clinical, radiographic and microscopic features of a large ceot in a 16-year-old girl, which although was big in size, had no specific clinical manifestations. the patient reported a relatively rapid evolution of the tumor in the mandibular region, which is a unique manifestation.