A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences

Milestones in the History of Ameloblastic Carcinoma

“…Over a span of 60 years (1896-1950), the German and American literature included many different terms, representatives of which are listed in Table 1. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Without much reasoning, Shafer et al in 1974 are generally credited with proposing the term "ameloblastic carcinoma" in their influential American textbook (Front Oral Health. 2021;2:775707).…”

“…However, his clinicopathological description was recorded as ameloblastic fibrosarcoma (for which Krompecher also presented a pathology report), and not ameloblastic carcinoma. Bakay 3 5 In 1916, Warthin 4 in the United States (remembered eponymously by Warthin tumor of the parotid gland) coined the English term "adamantinocarcinoma" to define ameloblastic carcinoma. Two years later, Krompecher 5 of Budapest, whose main interest has been basalzellenkrebs (he considered ameloblastoma to be a type of basal cell carcinoma), classified maligne adamantiome into sarkom kombinierten adamantinom (Pertik's tumor 2 ) and carcinoma adamantinum (Tapie's tumor 11 ) for the first time.…”