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Volume 4 Issue 2 (March - April, 2016)

Case Reports

AMELOBLASTOMA- A CASE REPORT- EMPHASIZING THE VALUE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS
Esha Garg, Reva Bembi, Sandeep Bains, Archana Bhatia, Satya Arya

Ameloblastomas are locally aggressive benign epithelial odontogenic jaw tumors having high propensity for recurrence and believed to arise from remnants of odontogenic epithelium, lining of odontogenic cysts or basal layer of overlying oral mucosa. These are commonly found during third to fifth decades; with equal frequency between sexes. They can occur either in maxilla or mandible at any age but most frequently presented as a painless expansion in the mandible (commonly involving molar and ramus area). It occurs in three different clinical‑radiographic patterns i.e. conventional intraosseous- solid/multicystic, unicystic and peripheral. The common histological patterns include the follicular and plexiform variants, less common being the acanthomatous, granular, desmoplastic and basal forms. Here we present a case report of desmoplastic ameloblastoma in 38 years old male patient. This report also emphasized the value of Computed Tomography in radiographic diagnosis of multilocular lesions.
Key Words:- Ameloblastoma, Desmoplastic, Acantomatous, Computed tomography (CT).

 
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