Ameloblastoma of the maxilla with distant metastases and hypercalcemia.
A case of metastatic ameloblastoma of the maxilla with secondary hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old man is presented. After treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, the patient was found to have multiple metastases and severe hypercalcemia associated with high levels of parathormone-like substance in the peripheral blood. At autopsy he was found to have widespread metastases and nephrocalcinosis.
D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local