Peripheral Ameloblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

نویسندگان

  • V. T. Beena
  • Kanaram Choudhary
  • R. Heera
  • R. Rajeev
  • R. Sivakumar
  • K. Vidhyadharan
چکیده

Peripheral ameloblastoma, a rare and unusual variant of odontogenic tumour, comprises about 2-10% of all ameloblastomas. The extraosseous location is the peculiar feature of this type of tumour, which is otherwise similar to the classical ameloblastoma. This paper describes a case of peripheral ameloblastoma in a 67-year-old female affecting the lingual alveolar mucosa of the mandibular 32-34 region which was clinically diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma. This paper becomes important due to availability of all data, makeing it a well-documented case.

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دوره 2012  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2012