title: Metastasizing ameloblastoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilijamse
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Leemans
authors.forename: H A H
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: E A J M
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Schulten
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Waal
mesh_terms: 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