Ameloblastoma is traditionally considered a benign epithelial neoplasm with virtually no tendency to metastasize. It is the second most common odontogenic neoplasm. Its incidence, combined with its clinical behavior, makes ameloblastoma the have been classically described as a multilocular cystlike lesion of jaw. The unicystic variant is far less frequent and has been reported only 6% of amelob...

Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is an uncommon variant of ameloblastoma that accounts for 4-13% of ameloblastomas. It differs from classical ameloblastoma in its site of occurrence, radiographic features, and histologic appearance. The World Health Organization (2005) classified this tumor as a variant of ameloblastoma. DA is a benign tumor with typical histopathological and radiographic featur...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the cytological content of ameloblastomas of the jaw. Nine cases of ameloblastoma were punctured, and the intralesional material was processed using the cell block technique. After centrifugation, the pellet obtained from the punctured material was fixed in formaldehyde and routinely processed to inclusion in paraffin. The obtained sections were stain...

Ameloblastoma is an uncommon epithelial odontogenic neoplasm that is nonmineralized, locally aggressive, and, in most cases, benign. Most ameloblastomas develop in the molar-ramus region of the mandible with 70% of them arising in the molar-ramus area. Radiologically they are unilocular or multilocular radiolucency with a honeycomb or soap bubble appearance. The radiographic appearance of amelo...

Unicystic ameloblastoma is a tumor of odontogenic origin. It is not a rare neoplasm and most often the lesion is asympthomatic. However, large lesions may cause painless swelling of the jaws. Here we report a case of unicystic ameloblastoma with pain, swelling of the posterior jaws along with teeth mobility. Samples of incisional biopsy of the lesion and also interaoperative frozen section were...