Ameloblastic carcinoma of the maxilla: case report and review of the literature.
METHODS
A case of ameloblastic carcinoma of the maxilla arising in a 90-year-old patient is presented along with a review of 65 other cases of the international literature.


RESULTS
The median age was 44 years with a predominance of men (42/66). The maxilla was concerned in almost one third of cases (21/66). Twenty patients died of disease after a median time of 60 months. Fifteen patients died with metastatic spread in the lung, brain, or bones; the others were due to a local recurrence. The specific survival rate was 68.7% at 5 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare entity of odontogenic tumors that exhibits malignant histologic features in the primary site. Specific mortality, estimated at 31.3% at 5 years, was generally due to a metastatic spread.
Benlyazid
Adil
A
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France. Benlyazid.Adil@claudiusregaud.fr
Lacroix-Triki
Magali
M
Aziza
Richard
R
Gomez-Brouchet
Anne
A
Guichard
Maryalis
M
Sarini
Jérôme
J
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016019:Survival Analysis