title: [Desmoplastic ameloblastoma. Clinical and histopathological diagnostic criteria].
abstract: A rare case of desmoplastic ameloblastoma observed in a 62-year old man presenting a swelling in the anterior mandible area with abnormal mobility of 33, 34, 43, 45, is described. Diagnosis of desmoplastic ameloblastoma was based on: anterior localization, radiopaque appearance, severe desmoplastic stroma and increasing infiltrate pattern of the tumor. The authors suggest to consider the desmoplastic histotype as a different nosological entity defined "desmoplastic ameloblastoma" since these clinical and histopathological features are missing in the other histologic variants of common ameloblastoma. A radical surgical treatment is suggested for this neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maresi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tortorici
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burruano
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged