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A rare case of a multicentric peripheral ameloblastoma of the gingival
Author(s) -
Hernandez G.,
Sanchez G.,
Caballero T.,
Moskow B. S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1992.tb00467.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gingival disease , ameloblastoma , dentistry , pathology , dermatology , maxilla
Absstarct A rare case of a multicentric peripheral ameloblastoma of the gingiva in a 54‐year‐old male patient is described along with a light and electron microscopic study of the excised tumors. The peripheral ameloblastoma is considered to be the gingival counterpart of the more common intraosseous ameloblastoma. Although both tumors have similar histomorphologic characteristics, their clinical appearance and behavior are completely different. The peripheral ameloblastoma is slow growing and non‐invasive, and recurrence is uncommon following excision. The more common central ameloblasloma, is locally invasive and can destroy large segments of the jaw. The histogenesis of the peripheral ameloblastoma and several other odontogenic tumors of the gingiva serves to illustrate the proliferative potential of the basal cell layer of gingival epithelium.