Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
1997 Nov;40(11):1671-1674.
A Case of Ameloblastoma of Maxilla
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology, Korea Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Ameloblastoma is a histologically benign tumour originating from epithelial components of the embryonic tooth, arrested developmentally prior to enamel formation. Clinically this tumour is locally invasive, potentially lethal and occasionally shows malignant features with systemic metastases. The maxilla is by far less frequently affected than the mandible. We have experienced a case of multicystic ameloblastoma originating from right maxilla. The patient was 39-year-old male who complained pain and numbness on right cheek. The patient was treated with subtotal maxillectomy by midfacial degloving approach. The final histopathologic diagnosis was a acanthomatous ameloblastoma.
