title: [Ameloblast proliferation within dentigerous cysts of the jaw bone].
abstract: The presence of ameloblastic structures in dentigerous cysts in a 26-year-old female patient and a 42-year old male patient is reported. Their non-invasive growth distinguished the present circumscribed ameloblastic tissue structures from classic ameloblastomas. Enucleation of the cysts resulted in undisturbed healing of the surgical area; none of the ameloblastomas recurred. These cases emphasize the importance of careful pathologic-histological examination of all tissues removed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinisches Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Geiger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000209:etiology*; D000565:Ameloblasts; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Ameloblastische Proliferationen innerhalb koronaler (dentigerous) Zysten im Kieferknochen.