ameloblastoma


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ameloblastoma

[‚am·ə·lō·bla′stō·mə]
(medicine)
An epithelial tumor associated with the enamel organ; cells of basal layers resemble the ameloblast. Also known as adamantinoma.
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The highly specialized intervention consisted of a resection of the giant mandibular ameloblastoma, which included the placement of a customized and biocompatible titanium mandible, specially made in Russia.
Peru : Surgeons of Hipolito Unanue Hospital remove giant tumor and reconstruct jaw to patient
Number and percentage of each pathology Pathology details n % Simple bone cyst 2 3.2 Recurrent ameloblastoma 1 1.6 Osteosarcoma 6 9.7 Osteoid osteoma 1 1.6 Osteochondroma 3 4.8 Multiple myeloma 4 6.5 Metastases 4 6.5 Marrow edema 2 3.2 Lymphoma 4 6.5 Lipoma 1 1.6 Langerhans cell hystocystosis 1 1.6 Inflammatory 4 6.5 Hemangioma 2 3.2 Fibrous dysplasia 1 1.6 Fibrous cortical defect 2 3.2 Ewing sarcoma 16 25.8 Enchondroma 2 3.2 Chondrosarcoma 3 4.8 Chondromyxoid fibroma 1 1.6 Aneurysmal bone cyst 2 3.2 Table 2.
Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Value in the Detection and Differentiation of Bone Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions
Recurrence and cancerization of ameloblastoma: multivariate analysis of 87 recurrent craniofacial ameloblastoma to assess risk factors associated with early recurrence and secondary ameloblastic carcinoma.
Data Set for the Reporting of Malignant Odontogenic Tumors: Explanations and Recommendations of the Guidelines From the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting
No malignant findings were found, and an ameloblastoma was diagnosed.
An Ameloblastoma in the Middle Ear
A differential diagnosis is also possible where DCs can be distinguished from odontogenic keratocyst, ameloblastic fibroodontoma, ameloblastic fibroma, calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor, adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, and unicystic ameloblastoma (7).
Huge Dentigerous Cyst in the Maxillary Sinus: A Rare Case in Childhood
Odontogenic tumours like Ameloblastoma and Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC) can pose diagnostic challenges because of their overlapping clinical, radiographic and histopathological presentation.
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF SYNDECAN-1 EXPRESSION IN DIFFERENT HISTOLOGICAL SUBTYPES OF AMELOBLASTOMA AND ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYSTS
Impacted teeth may lead to common complications like carious lesions of the impacted or adjacent tooth, periapical infection, periodontal disease and pathology like cyst and tumor.9 Common odontogenic cysts and tumors include dentigerous cyst, calcifying odontogenic cyst, ameloblastoma, adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, odontogenic keratocyst, calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor, and odontoma.10 Review of literature states that cystic or neoplastic lesions are seen in 16% of impacted teeth and is most common finding during the second and third decades of life.11 The most frequent lesion associated with impacted teeth is the dentigerous cyst.12
PATTERN AND MANAGEMENT OF CYSTS AND TUMORS AROUND IMPACTED TEETH
Kontogiannis et al., y Sullivan et al., en su estudio retrospectivo de lesiones periapicales tambien encontraron lesiones tumorales como ameloblastoma y queratoquiste odontogenico en el analisis histopatologico, por lo tanto, la diversidad de estas lesiones debe ser considerada y su correcto diagnostico debe ser priorizado.
Periodontitis Apical: Caracterizacion Histologica y Morfometrica de Quistes Radiculares y Granulomas Periapicales
El ameloblastoma uniquistico (AU) fue descrito por primera vez en 1977 por Robinson y Martinez (1) como una entidad clinica distinta al ameloblastoma solido por mostrar un aspecto histologico y morfologico particular, representando aproximadamente entre el 6-28% de todos los ameloblastomas (2,3).
Ameloblastoma uniquistico intramural en maxilar superior. Reporte de un caso
Extra-gingival peripheral ameloblastoma. Differential diagnoses: neurofibroma or schwannoma of the buccal branch of the left trigeminal nerve, keratocystic odontogenic tumor or solitary fibrous tumor.
Extra-gingival peripheral ameloblastoma
A provisional diagnosis of the periapical cyst, odontogenic keratocyst, dentigerous cyst, and unicystic ameloblastoma was arrived at.
Infected dentigerous cyst associated with a horizontal impacted ectopic supernumerary tooth induced by trauma to the maxillary incisors: A rare case report
Based on the clinical and radiographic examination, a provisional diagnosis of keratocystic odontogenic tumor was given with the differential diagnoses of ameloblastoma, aneurysmal bone cyst, central giant cell granuloma, and central hemangioma owing to the multilocular radiolucent pattern of the present lesion.
Central Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Mandible Simulating as Benign Odontogenic Lesion: A Case Report

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