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Ameloblastomatoid, central odontogenic fibroma: an epithelium‐rich variant
Author(s) -
Ide Fumio,
Sakashita Hideaki,
Kusama Kaoru
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00041.x
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , odontogenic tumor , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , pathology , odontogenic , medicine , fibroma , adamantinoma , anatomy , biology , maxilla , genus , botany
Two cases are presented of a central odontogenic fibroma (OF) in the mandible of a middle‐aged female, which posed considerable difficulty in microscopic diagnosis. These well‐demarcated but non‐encapsulated intraosseous tumors had hybrid features of both OF and ameloblastoma. Their clinical findings are more in keeping with the putative OF rather than ameloblastoma. The present lesions alert pathologists to this unusual type of central OF in order to avoid misdiagnosis.