DESMOPLASTIC AMELOBLASTOMA - CORRELATIVE HISTOPATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY AND CT-MR IMAGING

A desmoplastic variant of ameloblastoma with osteoplasia in the stroma is reported. This tumour presented in the canine/premolar region of t he left maxilla of a 31-year-old woman. It was treated by partial hemi maxillectomy and immediate reconstruction with a non-vascularised ilia c graft. The location of this lesion, its histology and radiological f eatures differ from those of the conventional ameloblastoma. The behav iour and prognosis of the desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) cannot at th is stage be predicted due to the small number of cases that have been reported and a lack of long-term follow-up. To our knowledge this is t he first documentation of the CT and MRI features of desmoplastic amel oblastoma with pathologic correlation.