title: Critical evaluation of the radiological and clinical features of adenomatoid odontogenic tumour.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiological and clinical features of adenomatoid odontogenic tumours (AOTs).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 272 cases (267 from the English-language literature and 5 new cases) were analysed with special emphasis on their radiological features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients' ages at time of diagnosis ranged from 3 years to 82 years (mean 18.4 years). The maxilla-to-mandible ratio was 1.7:1. Mandibular lesions were significantly more frequent among patients older than 16 years (p = 0.032). Expansion of the cortex was significantly more prominent among patients older than 16 years (p = 0.045). There was a positive correlation between the size of the lesion and the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis (p = 0.016). The size was also associated with increased root resorption (p < 0.001), ill-defined borders (p < 0.001), expansion (p < 0.001) and perforation of the cortex (p < 0.001). Small opacities were present in 77% of lesions and were associated with expansion of the cortex (p = 0.043). The significant radiological features in patients aged 30 years and above were root resorption (p = 0.013) and lesions crossing the midline (p = 0.019).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The size of an AOT is influenced by the patient's age. It is also associated with root resorption, ill-defined borders, expansion and perforation of the cortex, but it cannot be ruled out that those changes reflect a longer duration of the lesion.
authors: Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, The Maurice & gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. becktalia@gmail.com
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Becker
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authors: A
authors: Buchner
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authors: Kaffe
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging