title: Large ameloblastic carcinoma: A rare case with management.
abstract: The ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare malignant counterpart of the ameloblastoma. Ameloblastic carcinoma is a malignant lesion with characteristic histologic features and behavior that dictates a more aggressive surgical approach than that of a simple ameloblastoma. However, reliable evidence of its biologic activity is currently unavailable due to the scarcity of well-documented cases. We present a rare case of a large ameloblastic carcinoma occurring in the mandible of 44-year-old female highlighting its unique histopathologic features and aggressive behavior treated by radical surgery and reconstruction. Involvement of left ramus to right ramus of the mandible makes this case unusual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Augustine
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, V.M.S.D.C, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sekar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, V.M.S.D.C, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murali
keywords: Ameloblastic carcinoma; malignant counterpart; mandible