Unicystic ameloblastoma in a child: a differential diagnosis from the dentigerous cyst and the inflammatory follicular cyst.
Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a benign epithelial odontogenic tumor of the jaws with an aggressive potential that commonly occurs in children. This cystic odontogenic neoplasm is generally asymptomatic and found during routine radiographs. The purposes of this report were to describe a case of UA involving the crown of the unerupted right mandibular second premolar in an 11-year-old girl under orthodontic treatment, and discuss its diagnosis and radiographic and microscopic findings, emphasizing its distinction from the dentigerous cyst and the inflammatory follicular cyst.
Oliveira-Neto
H H
HH
Department of Stomatology, Dental School, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Spíndula-Filho
J V
JV
Dallara
M C S
MC
Silva
C M
CM
Mendonça
E F
EF
Batista
A C
AC
D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005497:Follicular Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000209:etiology