title: [Clinicopathological analysis of 15 cases of desmoplastic ameloblastoma].
abstract: 15 cases of desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) were studied clinicopathologically, which was combined with literature review of 50 cases. The results showed that the morbidity of DA was low, which occupied 7.4% of the whole ameloblastoma. The DA tumor occurred preferentially in anterior parts of the jaw and the maxillary bone, which exhibited radiographically a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque appearance, and the main pathological characteristic was extensive fibrous hyperplasia in stroma and scattering epithelial nests with different sizes. Some cases showed a mixture type of DA and classical ameloblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Second Medical University of Shanghai.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography