Ameloblastoma of the Mandible: A Case Report with Review of Literature

Abstract

The ameloblastoma, particularly the mixed cystic/solid type, is the most clinically significant odontogenic tumor. The tumor is often locally aggressive and has a significant impact and may have a patient's morbidity and mortality. In this report, we present a case of a large ameloblastoma that presented with the typical radiographic features of variably sized radiolucent loculations. Microscopically, the tumor showed a pattern of acanthomatous variant predominating. The tumor was treated with a partial resection of the mandible.

Ameloblastoma Arising from A Dentigerous Cyst- A Case Report

“…In most cases of odontogenic cysts, the presence of an ameloblastomatous epithelial lining in inflamed odontogenic cysts is insufficient to diagnose unicystic ameloblastomas, unless other more diagnostic features of unicystic ameloblastomas are evident [11]. In such cases, other diagnostic criteria which are included to make a diagnosis of unicystic ameloblastomas, as were described by Vickers and Gorlin, are cysts which are lined by an ameloblastic epithelium, with a tall columnar basal layer , a sub nuclear vacuole, reverse polarity of hyper chromatic nucleus and a thin layer of oedematous, degenerating stellate reticulum like cells on surface [12].…”