ATYPICAL AMELOBLASTOMA - REPORT OF 3 CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
AMEERALLY P MCGURK M SHAHEEN O
Citation
P. Ameerally et al., ATYPICAL AMELOBLASTOMA - REPORT OF 3 CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 34(3), 1996, pp. 235-239
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664356
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
235 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4356(1996)34:3<235:AA-RO3>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This paper presents 3 atypical ameloblastomas which had a fatal outcom e, One had histological features indicative of malignancy but without metastasis, another developed pulmonary metastasis and the third died of extensive infiltration of the skull base, The features of malignant ameloblastoma are discussed and reported cases of malignant ameloblas toma between 1966 and 1993 are reviewed.