title: Unicystic ameloblastoma arising from a residual cyst.
abstract: Intraoral swellings involving alveolar ridges in edentulous patients are clinically diagnosed as residual cysts, traumatic bone cysts, Stafne's jaw bone cavity, ameloblastoma and metastatic tumours of the jaw. This case report describes a residual cyst in a 68-year-old edentulous male patient which was enucleated and histopathologically confirmed as a unicystic ameloblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Amit D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Bhari Sharanesha
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Manjunatha
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Neha M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Navin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology*; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016388:Tooth Loss