Open AccessAmeloblastic Carcinoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Manjari Kishore,
Panat,
Ashish Aggarwal,
Nitin Upadhyay,
Nidhi Agarwal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8246.6248
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , medicine , lesion , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , odontogenic , carcinoma , radiology , pathology , dentistry , biology , maxilla , botany , genus
Ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare malignant lesion with characteristic histologic features and behavior that dictates more aggressive surgical approach than that of a simple ameloblastoma. Here we present a case of ameloblastic carcinoma of the mandible in a 30-year-old male patient with a clinical course of typical aggressiveness and extensive local destruction.