Myofibroma as a Rapidly Growing Gingival Mass in a 4-year-old Boy: a Case Report.

Saede Atarbashi-Moghadam, Ali Lotfi, Shokoufeh Shahrabi-Farahani, Fazele Atarbashi-Moghadam

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Article in Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed

0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

Oral myofibroma presenting as an aggressive gingival lesion.BMJ case reports · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saede Atarbashi-MoghadamDept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Ali LotfiDept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Shokoufeh Shahrabi-FarahaniDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dept. of Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Dentistry, Memphis, TN.

Fazele Atarbashi-MoghadamDept. of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solitary myofibroma is an uncommon benign soft tissue neoplasm of myofibroblastic origin exhibiting head and neck region predilection but its presence in the jaws is rare. Myofibroma presents as painless mass and may demonstrate rapid enlargement and growth that clinically mimic malignancies. This report presents a 4-year-old male patient with a rapidly growing mandibular gingival mass with some evidence of underlying alveolar bone destruction. Incisional biopsy was performed and the specimen was stained with hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemical antibodies for αSMA, CD34, S100 and desmin. The diagnosis of myofibroma was made and the lesion was completely excised. The knowledge about microscopic features of this rare neoplasm helps to have a proper diagnosis and avoid unnecessary treatment.

Indexed as

GingivaImmunohistochemistryMyofibromaSmooth Muscle ActinSoft Tissue Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID29854892

PMCPMC5960738

OpenAlexW2883370432

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