A Long-Standing Giant Mandibular Ameloblastoma and its Management with Microvascular Free Fibular Graft: a Case Report

Mohammad Saleh Khaghaninejad; Rasoul Gheisari; Hamed Gheibollahi; Saeid Tavanafar; Amirreza Dehghanian; Abbas Jamali

doi:10.30476/DENTJODS.2020.81805.0

A Long-Standing Giant Mandibular Ameloblastoma and its Management with Microvascular Free Fibular Graft: a Case Report

J Dent (Shiraz). 2021 Mar;22(1):71-75. doi: 10.30476/DENTJODS.2020.81805.0.

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Khaghaninejad¹, Rasoul Gheisari¹, Hamed Gheibollahi², Saeid Tavanafar², Amirreza Dehghanian³, Abbas Jamali⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Rajaei Acute Care Surgical Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Postgraduate Student, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Rajaei Acute Care Surgical Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
³ Dept. of Surgical and Clinical Pathology, Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetics Ward, Dept. of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
⁴ Computed Tomography Technician, Shahid Rajaei Acute Care Surgical Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is one of the most common benign epithelial odontogenic tumors of jaws. We report a case of long-standing slow-growing giant ameloblastoma involving almost all of mandibular bone. The solid multicystic lesion was excised, and the histopathological examination showed the follicular type of ameloblastoma. Furthermore, the defect was reconstructed with microvascular osteocutaneous free fibular graft.

Keywords: Ameloblastoma; Fibula; Mandible.

Publication types

Case Reports