title: [Cone-beam CT features of ameloblastomas].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize and analyze the cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging features of ameloblastomas for clinical preoperative diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-seven cases with complete data proven by pathology were retrospectively studied for distinct CBCT features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 37 cases, 31 were primary and 6 were recurrent. On CBCT images, the 37 cases were composed of 36 cases (97.3%) of intraosseous lesions (17 cases of multilocular lesions, 17 cases of unilocular lesions, and 2 cases of honeycomb lesion) and 1 case (2.7%) of extraosseous lesion (soft tissue lesion). Of the 17 multilocular cases, 15 (88.2%) showed tongue-shaped crests in lesions. Thirty-four cases (94.4%) showed apparent expansible change toward lip/buccal and (or) palatal/lingual sides ofjaw, with partialcortical erosion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBCT imaging yields accurate three-dimensional images of lesion shape and structure. Therefore, CBCT can be usedfor the clinical diagnosis and surgical assessment of ameloblastoma.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Chenni
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Laiqing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guangning
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms; D012189:Retrospective Studies