Odontogenic fibroma in Sprague-Dawley rats: a report of 2 cases

Two cases of odontogenic fibroma occuring in aged Sprague-Dawley rats are described. Both neoplasms were associated with maximillary incisor and had identical histomorphological features. They were composed of solid proliferations of primitive, dental pulp-like mesenchym seperated by areas of collagenization. Small strands and islands of mainly undifferentiated odontogenic epithelium immunostaining for keratins were scattered troughout both tumours. As a further characteristic, the lesions contained small foci of mineralization which were either cementum-like or resembled dysplastic dentin. The odontogenic fibroma represents a further type of odontogenic tumour in rats, which due to its typical histomorphology, can easily be differentiated from other odontogenic tumours such as ameloblastic odontoma or ameloblastoma.