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Early unicystic ameloblastoma: report of case. 1979

J Rittersma, and H N Hadders, and K Feenstra

The occurrence of an atypical cystic lesion of the mandible in a 13-year-old boy is described. At first, a diagnosis could not be made. The biopsy specimen showed features resembling an ordinary follicular cyst, together with areas in which distinct alterations in the epithelium were noticed. These alterations seemed to be in accordance with findings of Vickers and Gorlin in cases of early or unicystic ameloblastoma. The lesion was treated by enucleation. After almost three years, no recurrence has been noticed. Long-term follow-up care is necessary. The case illustrates the obvious need for meticulous histologic examination of every cystic lesion of the jaw.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008336	Mandibular Diseases	Diseases involving the MANDIBLE.	Disease, Mandibular,Diseases, Mandibular,Mandibular Disease
D008339	Mandibular Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the MANDIBLE.	Mandibular Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Mandibular,Neoplasms, Mandibular
D009807	Odontogenic Cysts	Cysts found in the jaws and arising from epithelium involved in tooth formation. They include follicular cysts (e.g., primordial cyst, dentigerous cyst, multilocular cyst), lateral periodontal cysts, and radicular cysts. They may become keratinized (odontogenic keratocysts). Follicular cysts may give rise to ameloblastomas and, in rare cases, undergo malignant transformation.	Keratocysts,Cyst, Odontogenic,Cysts, Odontogenic,Keratocyst,Odontogenic Cyst
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000564	Ameloblastoma	An immature epithelial tumor of the JAW originating from the epithelial rests of Malassez or from other epithelial remnants of the ENAMEL from the developmental period. It is a slowly growing tumor, usually benign, but displays a marked propensity for invasive growth.	Ameloblastomas