title: Ameloblastic carcinoma in a young patient.
abstract: Owing to the rarity of publications describing ameloblastic carcinoma, little is known about this entity in pediatric patients. To our knowledge, malignant transformation from an odontogenic cyst into an ameloblastic carcinoma in a pediatric patient has not been documented to date. We present the case of a 14-year-old boy in whom a large osteolytic lesion associated with an impacted right maxillary third molar germ was fortuitously detected by orthopanoramic radiography. With a preoperative clinical-radiographic diagnosis of odontogenic cyst, the patient underwent surgical enucleation of the lesion. Histologic evaluation rendered a diagnosis of follicular cyst with a focal area of ameloblastic carcinoma. The literature addressing ameloblastic carcinoma is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca and Hospital San Gerardo, Milan; Hospital San Gerardo, Monza.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sozzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca and Hospital San Gerardo, Milan; Hospital San Gerardo, Monza.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Morganti
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Milan-Bicocca and Hospital San Gerardo, Milan; Hospital San Gerardo, Monza.
authors.forename: Gabriella Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Milan-Bicocca and Hospital San Gerardo, Milan; Hospital San Gerardo, Monza.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moltrasio
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca and Hospital San Gerardo, Milan; Hospital San Gerardo, Monza.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozzetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Medical Sciences and Diagnostic Integrated, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: f.angiero@teos.it.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angiero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic