Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma (AFS) or ameloblastic sarcoma is an extremely rare odontogenic neoplasm. The authors report AFS in the maxillary sinus of a 4-month-old boy. The tumor was composed of odontogenic epithelium, resembling that of ameloblastoma, and a mesenchymal part exhibiting features of fibrosarcoma. We also found some areas with deposition of dentinoid material closely adjacent to the...

introduction: ameloblastic fibro-odontoma is a rare, benign, asymptomatic tumor. the term ameloblastic fibro-odontoma was first used by hooker in 1967 as a separate lesion from ameloblastic odontoma.   case report: this case report describes an eleven years old female with large ameloblastic fibro-odontoma in the right maxillary sinus.   conclusion: there is a low potential for recurrence after...

Parathyroid hormone (PTH)-related protein (PTH-rP) is an important autocrine/paracrine attenuator of programmed cell differentiation whose expression is restricted to the epithelial layer in tooth development. The PTH/PTHrP receptor (PPR) mRNA in contrast is detected in the dental papilla, suggesting that PTHrP and the PPR may modulate epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. To explore the possibl...

Primary Intraosseous Carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified (PIOC, NOS) is an extremely rare neoplasm defined as squamous cell carcinoma in the mandible, presumably from residue of odontogenic epithelium. The diagnosis often challenging, and prognosis poor. treatment choice surgical excision but usually declined for cosmetic reasons. A 41-year-old Melanesian woman with a mass her right jaw since tw...

Ameloblastic carcinoma (AC) is a rare and aggressive malignant epithelial odontogenic tumor that may arise either from the mandible (66.6%) or the maxilla (33.3%). Besides being formed de novo, the tumor can develop from a pre-existing ameloblastoma or odontogenic cyst. The clinical course of AC is typically aggressive with extensive local destruction. AC has also been reported to spread to var...

Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare mixed odontogenic tumor mostly occurring in the posterior region of the mandible. The peripheral variant is very rare and to the best of our knowledge, only three cases have been reported in the English literature. In this report, we describe a case of peripheral ameloblastic fibroma in a 54-year-old woman with two years of follow-up.

Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma (AFD) is considered a mixed odontogenic tumor that is characterized by conserved epithelial and ectomesenchymal neoplastic components. AFD is composed of long narrow cords and islands of odontogenic epithelium; the epithelial strands lie in a myxoid cell-rich ectomesenchymal tissue with stellate-shaped fibroblasts that exhibit long slender cytoplasmic extensions that...