Hemangiomatous Ameloblastoma- A Case Report of a Very Rare Variant of Ameloblastoma
Published: May 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5886
Maruthi Devi Kasangari, Kiran Gundamaraju, Mandapati Jyothsna,
Andy Venkata Subash, Kumbakonam Aravind
1. Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Malla Reddy Dental College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
4. Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Lenora Dental College, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
5. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Malla Reddy Dental College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Correspondence
Dr. G Kiran,
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Government Dental College & Hospital,
Afzalgunj, Hyderabad-500012, Andhra Pradesh, India.
E-mail : Kiran.dentist@gmail.com
Ameloblastoma is a true benign odontogenic neoplasm with many classical histological variants, common being follicular and plexiform types. Hemangiomatous amelobalstoma is a very rare variant that shows unique histopathologic characteristics varying from conventional ameloblastoma. We present a rare variant of ameloblastoma in a 35-year-old female patient with a swelling over left mandibular region, showing mixed radiolucent-opacity, which on enucleation histopathologically revealed ameloblastomatous areas with extensive vascular component.
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