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Indian Journal of Dental Education

Volume  9, Issue 3, July - September 2016, Pages 193-195
 

Case Report

Unicystic Plexiform Ameloblastoma in a Rare Location

Pramod R.C.*, Suresh K.V.**, Mohan Kumar K.P.***, Eby Varghese****, Renu Sarah Samson****

*Senior Lecturer, ***Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere. **Assistant Professor, Dept of Oral medicine and Radiology, SEGI University, kuala lumpur, Malaysia. ****Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka M

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijde.0974.6099.9316.10

Abstract

  Unicysticameloblastomas (UA) are a rare variant of ameloblastomas and refers to those cystic lesions that show clinical, radiographic and gross features of a jaw cyst but on histologic examination show a typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining the cyst cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumor proliferation. Unicysticameloblastoma is less encountered variant of the ameloblastoma and believed to be less aggressive in nature. They are characterized by slow growth and locally aggressiveand most commonly seen in posterior portion of the mandible. Here we report a case of unicysticplexiformameloblastoma in symphyseal region in 53 years old male.

Keywords: Mural Growth; Plexiform; Unicystic.


Corresponding Author : Pramod R.C.*