Case report of extragingival peripheral ameloblastoma in buccal mucosa.
A peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) is a rare variant of ameloblastoma that generally occurs in the extraosseous region; an extragingival PA is extremely rare. There have been 5 cases reported of a PA occurring in the buccal mucosa and 1 in the oral floor. We present the sixth known case of extragingival PA in the buccal mucosa, which occurred in an 88-year-old woman.
First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. tanaemi@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp
Emiko Tanaka
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Isomura
Masaya
M
Okura
Syunsuke
S
Ishimoto
Chiaki
C
Yamada
Tomoaki
T
Yamada
Yudai
Y
Ono
Mitsumobu
M
Kishino
Mikihiko
M
Kogo
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed