title: Multilocular radiolucent area of the posterior mandible.
abstract: Ameloblastoma is a benign, locally aggressive tumor of odontogenic origin. It is important that the clinician be familiar with this tumor and its variants so that affected patients can be treated adequately and with careful, long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Long Beach VA Medical Center.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Bonn
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: DeBoom
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography