DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i11.020

Pages: 2541-2544

Introduction: Benign neoplasms of the maxillary include various histological entities. In the vast majority of cases, these tumours are related to elements of the dental system and are referred to as odontogenic tumours. More rarely, they are bone tumors themselves, then called non-odontogenic tumors. Materials and Methods: Our study is a retrospective study of 30 cases of benign neoplasms of the maxillary, collided within the maxillofacial surgery department of the Specialty Hospital-Rabat, between January 2014 and February 2018. Results: Data analysis found a frequency of odontogenic tumours that represented 67% versus 33% of non-odontogenic tumours. The average age was 24 years with no gender predominance. The consultation period was 3 years. Facial swelling was the master symptom, sometimes associated with dental signs in 35% of cases. All our patients received a radiological check-up. Treatment was conservative in 75% of cases. The confirmation of the diagnosis was always based on the anatomopathological examination of the surgical removal part. The evolution was generally favourable in 70% of our patients, without recurrence. Discussion: Benign neoplasms of the maxillary have a wide range of histological features and can be divided into 2 major groups: odontogenic and non-odontogenic tumours. Despite their great diversity, the clinical description of these tumors is unambiguous, and it is often the radiological record that will allow to evoke the diagnosis whose confirmation is indispensable by the anatomopathological examination; surgical treatment is usually conservative with good postoperative evolution.