Abstract |
A 40-year-old man suffered from a repeatedly recurrent desmoplastic ameloblastoma in the right maxillary anterior and premolar regions. During the first visit, the patient was provisionally histopathologically diagnosed with a developmental cyst, and it was confirmed to be unicystic ameloblastoma and resected. Four years later, the lesion recurred, and was diagnosed as a desmoplastic type of ameloblastoma and removed again. Then, 5 years after the second surgery, the lesion recurred again, and was diagnosed as a type containing a follicular pattern, recurrent ameloblastoma. A panoramic radiograph showed a multilocular and mixed radiolucent/radiopaque expansile lesion at the first visit, a unilocular cystic lesion confined to the premolar area at the second visit, and a small soap bubble appearance in the molar area in the final visit. Cone-beam computed tomographic images of the final recurrence of the tumor revealed multiple small cyst-like structures in the right maxillary anterior and posterior regions.
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Authors | Jae-Duk Kim, Hyun-Seon Jang, Yo-Seob Seo, Jin-Soo Kim |
Journal | Imaging science in dentistry
(Imaging Sci Dent)
Vol. 43
Issue 3
Pg. 201-7
(Sep 2013)
ISSN: 2233-7822 [Print] Korea (South) |
PMID | 24083215
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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