CASE REPORTS   

Italian Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery 2014 December;25(2-3):85-9

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lingua: Inglese

Desmoplastic ameloblastoma of the mucosa of the upper maxilla

Mandrioli S. ¹, Elia G. ¹, Valente L. ², Clauser L. C. ¹

¹ Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery Unit, Centre for Orbital Pathology and Surgery, Reference Center for Treatment of Rare Diseases, St. Anna Hospital and University, Ferrara, Italy; ² Maxillofacial Surgery School, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Ameloblastoma is a benign, slow-growing but locally aggressive and infiltrative odontogenic epithelial neoplasm with a rare capacity to metastasize. Peripheral ameloblastoma is a rare extraosseous variant with histological characteristics similar to those of the common intraosseous ameloblastoma. The present study describes the case of a 66-year-old woman with a peripheral desmoplastic ameloblastoma treated at the Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery Unit of St. Anna Hospital in Ferrara. We discuss its clinical features, histopathology, surgical treatment and follow-up.