title: Ameloblastoma: analysis of 207 cases in a Nigerian teaching hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to review all the cases of ameloblastoma seen at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, between 1980 and 2003.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this retrospective study, case files and biopsy reports of new cases of ameloblastoma covering a 24-year period were retrieved and analyzed for sex, age on presentation, histologic type, and site distribution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 207 cases of ameloblastoma were seen in the given period. One hundred and ninety-eight (95.7%) were benign, and 9 (4.3%) were malignant. A male-to-female ratio of 1.1:1 was found. The average ages on presentation for ameloblastoma and ameloblastic carcinoma were 31.67 and 46.44 years, respectively. The lesion was found to be more common in the premolar-molar region of the mandible. The most common histologic type was follicular ameloblastoma (25.1%). Nine (4.3%) cases of ameloblastic carcinoma were also reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ameloblastoma with a predilection for the posterior mandibular region is relatively common in our environment. Sex and site distributions are similar to previous reports in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. drakinladeinde@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Akinola Ladipo
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ladeinde
authors.forename: Mobolanle Olugbemiga
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ogunlewe
authors.forename: Babatunde Olamide
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Bamgbose
authors.forename: Wasiu Lanre
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Adeyemo
authors.forename: Oluseyi Folake
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.forename: Godwin Toyin
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Arotiba
authors.forename: Jelili Adisa
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Akinwande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors