title: Conservative treatment of ameloblastoma in child: a case report.
abstract: Ameloblastoma is the common form of aggressive benign tumor of the jaws, but it is rare in childhood. The treatment of ameloblastoma is controversial. Surgical treatment of ameloblastoma in children follows the principles of the clinical and pathological aspects of the tumor and poses a special problem due to the incomplete growth of the jaws. With a unicystic ameloblastoma, the procedure of choice is a conservative approach. This paper describes the conservative treatment of a plexiform unicystic ameloblastoma in a child involving curettage of the tumor and the extraction of two teeth under local anesthesia, with a good prognosis of the case.
authors.affiliation: 320 Ap 403 - Campo Comprido CEP: 81200-340, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. rafaela_scariot@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Rafaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scariot
authors.forename: Rafael Vilson
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Wanderley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: da Silva Felix
authors.forename: Delson Joao
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Nelson Luis Barbosa
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Rebellato
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007570:Jaw Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D016896:Treatment Outcome