title: Ameloblastoma in children. The Zimbabwean experience.
abstract: A retrospective study of 20 patients aged 18 years and younger with ameloblastoma seen over a 10-year period at Harare Central Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe, was carried out. Males and females were equally affected. The mandible was the most commonly involved bone (95%); the premolar/canine incisor area was commonly affected (69.1%). Incision biopsy was done before wide surgical resection of the involved bone. No currettage or enucleation was used as a mode of treatment. Immediate reconstruction was performed with metallic implants. Twenty percent of the lesions had a unilocular radiologic appearance that resembled a dentigerous cyst. Follow-up was poor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical School, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chidzonga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001641:Bicuspid; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008670:Metals; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D008670:Metals