title: Mandibular ameloblastic fibroma in 6-years-old girl: a case report.
abstract: Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) is defined in WHO classification as a ''neoplasm composed of proliferating odontogenic epithelium embedded in a cellular ectomesenchymal tissue that resembles dental papilla, and with varying degrees of inductive change and dental hard tissue formation''. AF is a rather uncommon tumor, accounting for only 2.5% of all odontogenic tumors. AF is a true mixed tumor, in which the epithelial and ectomesenchymal elements are neoplastic. AF raises at any age, ranging from 6 months to 42 years (mean 14.6 to 15.5 years); it does not show sex predilection. The lesion occurs in nearly 70% of cases in posterior areas of the mandible. Patients exhibit swelling of the jaw; pain is not usually described. Authors present a clinical and surgical management of an early onset of a large mandibular ameloblastic fibroma in a 6-year-old girsl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. a.anesi@libero.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anesi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albanese
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corrocher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gambarini
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Nocini
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009810:Odontoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery