Open AccessHemangiomatous Ameloblastoma- A Case Report of a Very Rare Variant of Ameloblastoma
Author(s) -
Kasangari,
Kiran Gundamaraju,
M Jyothsna,
Subash Av,
K Aravind
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13331.5886
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , enucleation , medicine , pathology , odontogenic tumor , adamantinoma , odontogenic , anatomy , maxilla , surgery
Ameloblastoma is a true benign odontogenic neoplasm with many classical histological variants, common being follicular and plexiform types. Hemangiomatous amelobalstoma is a very rare variant that shows unique histopathologic characteristics varying from conventional ameloblastoma. We present a rare variant of ameloblastoma in a 35-year-old female patient with a swelling over left mandibular region, showing mixed radiolucent-opacity, which on enucleation histopathologically revealed ameloblastomatous areas with extensive vascular component.