title: Central ameloblastoma with a peripheral ameloblastoma-like component: a case report.
abstract: Amebloblastoma as the most common epithelial odontogenic neoplasm may occur in two forms of central and peripheral. This report presents a case of a 41-year-old Iranian female with a six-month complaint from a painless mass in the right posterior portion of the mandible. The case was diagnosed as an exophytic epulis-like peripheral component with characteristics of peripheral ameloblastoma and an intrabony component like solid ameloblastoma. Two probable hypotheses considered for this case is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyyed Hosein
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tabatabaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadouhji University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran;
authors.forename: Mohammad Hassan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Akhavan Karbasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran;
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danesh Ardekani
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran;
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gholami
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
authors.forename: Arezo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khabazian
keywords: Ameloblastoma; Iran; Mandible