TY - JOUR
T1 - Hybrid ameloblastoma
T2 - An amalgam of rare and conventional ameloblastoma
AU - Chaitanya, B.
AU - Chhaparwal, Yogesh
AU - Pai, Keerthilatha M.
AU - Kudva, Adarsh
AU - Cariappa, K. M.
AU - Acharya, Shruthi
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Ameloblastoma is a common benign odontogenic tumor with multiple histologic types. This case report describes an unusual type of ameloblastoma called 'Hybrid Ameloblastoma' with features of both follicular and desmoplastic ameloblastoma in a 50-year-old female. This is a very rare form of ameloblastoma as <30 cases have been reported so far in literature. Though this rare form of ameloblastoma is only a histologic variant, it poses a great challenge to diagnosticians and thus to surgeons as there will be mismatch of biopsy reports at different sites in the same tumor thereby changing the treatment plan. This case report is one such example of diverse presentation of this ameloblastoma with conflicting histopathological diagnosis at initial biopsy and on surgical excision.
AB - Ameloblastoma is a common benign odontogenic tumor with multiple histologic types. This case report describes an unusual type of ameloblastoma called 'Hybrid Ameloblastoma' with features of both follicular and desmoplastic ameloblastoma in a 50-year-old female. This is a very rare form of ameloblastoma as <30 cases have been reported so far in literature. Though this rare form of ameloblastoma is only a histologic variant, it poses a great challenge to diagnosticians and thus to surgeons as there will be mismatch of biopsy reports at different sites in the same tumor thereby changing the treatment plan. This case report is one such example of diverse presentation of this ameloblastoma with conflicting histopathological diagnosis at initial biopsy and on surgical excision.
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U2 - 10.4103/0976-237X.177089
DO - 10.4103/0976-237X.177089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960109478
SN - 0976-237X
VL - 7
SP - 90
EP - 94
JO - Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
JF - Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
IS - 1
ER -