Case report of extragingival peripheral ameloblastoma in buccal mucosa

Emiko Tanaka Isomura; Masaya Okura; Syunsuke Ishimoto; Chiaki Yamada; Yudai Ono; Mitsumobu Kishino; Mikihiko Kogo

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.06.023

Case report of extragingival peripheral ameloblastoma in buccal mucosa

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2009 Oct;108(4):577-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.06.023.

Authors

Emiko Tanaka Isomura¹, Masaya Okura, Syunsuke Ishimoto, Chiaki Yamada, Yudai Ono, Mitsumobu Kishino, Mikihiko Kogo

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. tanaemi@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

PMID: 19778743
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.06.023

Abstract

A peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) is a rare variant of ameloblastoma that generally occurs in the extraosseous region; an extragingival PA is extremely rare. There have been 5 cases reported of a PA occurring in the buccal mucosa and 1 in the oral floor. We present the sixth known case of extragingival PA in the buccal mucosa, which occurred in an 88-year-old woman.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Ameloblastoma / diagnosis*
Biopsy
Cheek / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mouth Mucosa / pathology*
Mouth Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed