[Ameloblastic carcinoma: primary or secondary?].
Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare neoplasm. It can arise de novo or in a preexisting benign ameloblastoma. Most cases arise in older patients. The first case report is rare and concerns a man with an ameloblastic carcinoma primary-type of the maxillary. The second case concerns a woman with an ameloblastic carcinoma secondary-type developed on a preexisting follicular ameloblastoma of the mandible. Both patients benefited from an adjuvant radiochemotherapy. The prognosis of such carcinoma must remain guarded over an observation period of several years because of the proximity of the lesion to vital structures.
Coulibaly
Béma
B
Service d'anatomie pathologique et de neuropathologie, CHU Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France. bema_coulibaly@yahoo.fr
Le Hémon
Anne
A
Sorbier
Claire
C
George
Luc
L
Blanc
Jean-Louis
JL
Fernandez
Carla
C
D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002453:Cell Cycle; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008940:Mitotic Index; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome