Peripheral ameloblastoma. Case report and review of the literature.
The clinical and histologic features of 16 cases of peripheral ameloblastoma are reviewed. One additional case of this unusual tumour, in a 76-year-old edentulous woman, is also described. This lesion arose on the mucosa of the upper alveolar crest and extended to the mucobuccal fold. It was painless with a dark-red granular surface. The lesion was excised surgically and no evidence of recurrence was seen 8 months later.
D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*