Open AccessMetastasizing granular cell ameloblastoma
Author(s) -
Anju Bansal,
Amar Bhatnagar,
Sunita Saxena
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.92988
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , maxilla , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , metastasis , odontogenic tumor , pathology , granular cell , lymph node metastasis , medicine , odontogenic , biology , anatomy , cancer , botany , genus , central nervous system
Ameloblastoma is a slow growing odontogenic epithelial tumor of jaw. It accounts for 1% of all tumors and cysts arising in maxilla and mandible. Although it is locally invasive and has a marked tendency to recur, metastasis is rare. Of the various histological patterns of ameloblastoma, the granular cell type is extremely rare accounting for 4% of ameloblastomas. We report a case of granular cell ameloblastoma with metastasis to the cervical lymph node presenting in a 40-year-old Indian female.