title: [Endoscopic removal of a mandibular ameloblastic fibro-odontoma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma is a rare mixed odontogenic tumor. It occurs predominantly in children and young adults. This article reports a case of ameloblastic fibro-odontoma affecting a young boy who was treated by endoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 11-month-old child was admitted for a right mandibular rapidly growing mass. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of a large radiopaque mass on the right mandible containing compartmented tooth-germs. A biopsy exeresis was performed to completely remove the tumor with an endonasal endoscope. The histological diagnosis was an ameloblastic fibro-odontoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We performed the enucleation with a nasal endoscope to make sure that the entire lesion had been removed. Bone resection was minimal which should decrease the risk of growth disorders. The ameloblastic fibro-odontoma is a rare mixed odontogenic tumor usually asymptomatic and slow growing. Histopathology proves the diagnosis. The treatment is curettage, preserving the adjacent teeth.
authors.affiliation: Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49100 Angers, France. aurelie_franco@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riscala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kahoudji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Croue
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003475:Curettage; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009810:Odontoma / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed