title: Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma of the jaws. A clinicopathologic and DNA analysis of five cases and review of the literature with discussion of its relationship to ameloblastic fibroma.
abstract: Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma, the malignant counterpart of the ameloblastic fibroma, is a rare odontogenic tumor characterized by benign epithelium and a malignant fibrous stroma. We have compared nuclear DNA content of five ameloblastic fibrosarcomas and three ameloblastic fibromas by image analysis. The three ameloblastic fibromas were diploid, whereas 1 of 5 ameloblastic fibrosarcomas was aneuploid. There was no correlation with histologic grade and aneuploidy. These five new cases were also added to a review of the literature, bringing the total cases of reported ameloblastic fibrosarcomas to 51. The ameloblastic fibrosarcoma occurs at a later age (mean, 27.5 years) compared with reported ameloblastic fibromas (mean, 14.6 to 22 years), which supports a step-wise malignant transformation. There was histologic documentation that 44% of ameloblastic fibrosarcomas developed in ameloblastic fibromas. In view of this data and of the reported cumulative recurrence rate of 18.3% for ameloblastic fibroma, it is recommended that ameloblastic fibromas be treated with complete surgical excision and long-term follow up rather than simple curettage or enucleation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kapadia
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Budnick
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000782:Aneuploidy; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm