title: Peripheral desmoplastic ameloblastoma: report of a case and literature review.
abstract: The desmoplastic variant of ameloblastoma is a rare, locally invasive, benign tumor of the jaws, typically found in the anterior regions of the maxilla and mandible. This ameloblastoma variant has been described as an intraosseous tumor; to our knowledge, there have been no published cases of a peripheral desmoplastic ameloblastoma. The purpose of this case report is to describe a patient with a desmoplastic ameloblastoma localized to the soft tissue of the palate with no osseous involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Smullin
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Faquin
authors.forename: Srinivas M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Susarla
authors.forename: Leonard B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kaban
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome