A clinicopathologic study of ameloblastoma

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1986 May;44(5):361-5. doi: 10.1016/s0278-2391(86)80031-3.

Abstract

One hundred four ameloblastomas, 97 in the mandible, five in the maxilla, and two in peripheral locations, were studied. A consistent correlation between the age of the patient and the radiographic or histologic type of mandibular ameloblastoma was observed. There was a tendency for ameloblastomas of the follicular type to show a multilocular or soap bubble appearance and for those of the plexiform type to show a unilocular appearance. Recurrent ameloblastomas had a predominantly multilocular appearance. Histologically, the ameloblastomas in the maxilla were of the follicular type.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Ameloblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Ameloblastoma / pathology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Time Factors