[Ameloblastic carcinoma: primary or secondary?]

Ann Pathol. 2009 Feb;29(1):28-31. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2008.09.049. Epub 2009 Jan 23.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare neoplasm. It can arise de novo or in a preexisting benign ameloblastoma. Most cases arise in older patients. The first case report is rare and concerns a man with an ameloblastic carcinoma primary-type of the maxillary. The second case concerns a woman with an ameloblastic carcinoma secondary-type developed on a preexisting follicular ameloblastoma of the mandible. Both patients benefited from an adjuvant radiochemotherapy. The prognosis of such carcinoma must remain guarded over an observation period of several years because of the proximity of the lesion to vital structures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ameloblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Ameloblastoma / drug therapy
  • Ameloblastoma / pathology*
  • Ameloblastoma / radiotherapy
  • Cell Cycle
  • Combined Modality Therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mitotic Index
  • Odontogenic Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Odontogenic Tumors / drug therapy
  • Odontogenic Tumors / pathology*
  • Odontogenic Tumors / radiotherapy
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome