title: Prolonged survival with confirmed metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma.
abstract: This report presents a living 94-year-old female with known metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma diagnosed over 37 years ago. Initial treatment for the primary lesion of the anterior mandible was carried out 18 years before diagnosis of pulmonary lesions. Despite the presence of bilateral pulmonary metastases, the patient remains asymptomatic and received no treatment for these lesions. To our knowledge this case represents the longest survival time recorded after appearance of untreated metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Austin Hospital, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Hasim
authors.forename: C C H
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: A C H
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D017741:Survivors