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European Journal of Medical Research
Published in: European Journal of Medical Research 3/2010

01-12-2010 | Case report

An unsuspected ameloblastoma in the subpontic region of the mandible with consideration of pathogenesis from the radiographic course

Authors: CH Siar, K Nakano, PI Chelvanayagam, KH Ng, H Nagatsuka, T Kawakami

Published in: European Journal of Medical Research | Issue 3/2010

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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to document a case of unsuspected ameloblastoma involving the right man dibular subpontic region in a 38-year-old Cambodian female patient. This lesion was purportedly preceded by multiple radiolucencies which were diagnosed as radi cular cysts and treated a few times in the past years by enucleation followed by endodontic therapy of the affected teeth. Bridgework restoration of the partially edentulous area was performed. This case report de monstrates radiographic changes that occurred in the periods before and after the diagnosis of amelo blas to ma. The case may represent an example of radicular cysts and ameloblastoma occurring as a collision phenomenon, or the ameloblastoma may have arisen as a result of neoplastic transformation of the lining epi thelium in an inflammatory odontogenic epithelial cyst.
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Metadata
Title
An unsuspected ameloblastoma in the subpontic region of the mandible with consideration of pathogenesis from the radiographic course
Authors
CH Siar
K Nakano
PI Chelvanayagam
KH Ng
H Nagatsuka
T Kawakami
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
European Journal of Medical Research / Issue 3/2010
Electronic ISSN: 2047-783X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-15-3-135

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