title: Ameloblastic fibroma. Report of a case with fine needle aspiration cytologic findings.
abstract: A case of ameloblastic fibroma of the jaw in an 18-year-old patient is presented. Fine needle aspiration cytologic smears showed two different types of cellular elements: a glandlike epithelial component, arranged in bidimensional, well-outlined clusters of basaloid cells with palisading of the columnar cells at the borders of those clusters, and a mesenchymal component that consisted of loosely arranged fusiform cells. These cytologic features appear to be sufficiently characteristic to suggest a diagnosis of ameloblastic fibroma by fine needle aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Peralto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marín
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000473:pathology*