Metastasizing ameloblastoma.
Ameloblastomas are locally invasive tumours of odontogenic origin with a high propensity for local recurrence. Regional and distant metastases are extremely rare. Here is presented a case of a 26-year-old woman with a recurrent ameloblastoma of the mandible and a metastatic lymph node in the homolateral neck.
Gilijamse
M
M
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Leemans
C R
CR
Winters
H A H
HA
Schulten
E A J M
EA
van der Waal
I
I
D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology