Ameloblastoma Arising from A Dentigerous Cyst- A Case Report
Published: May 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4387
NVV Satya Bhushan, Naga Malleswar Rao, M. Navatha, B. Kiran kumar
1. Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Vishakhapatnam, India.
2. PG Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Vishakhapatnam, India.
3. PG Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Vishakhapatnam, India.
4. PG Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Vishakhapatnam, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Naga Malleswar Rao,
I MDS, GITAM Dental College and Hospital, Vishakhapatnam, 530045, India.
Phone: 9618170810, E-mail: malli.maxface@gmail.com
We are reporting a case of an ameloblastoma which arose in the wall of a dentigerous cyst. The clinical ,radiographic and histological characteristics were similar to those of dentigerous cysts, as were seen on doing an incisional biopsy. Enucleation was done intraorally under local anaesthesia. Post-operative excisional biopsy revealed strands and cords arising from the cystic lining, which are suggestive of ameloblastic changes.
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