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Peripheral ameloblastoma: a case report

FN Pekiner^*,1, S Özbayrak¹, BC ener², V Olgaç³ and A Sinanolu¹

¹ Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey; ² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey; ³ Department of Oncologic Cytology and Tumor Pathology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

*Correspondence: Dr Filiz Namdar Pekiner, Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Güzelbahçe Büyükçiftlik Sok. No: 6 34365 Nianta, Istanbul, Turkey; Email: fpekiner{at}yahoo.com

Received 6 February 2006; revised 20 April 2006; accepted 23 May 2006

Peripheral ameloblastoma, a rare and unusual variant of odontogenic tumour, comprises about 1% of all ameloblastomas. The extraosseous location is the peculiar feature of this type of tumour, which is otherwise similar to the classical ameloblastoma. An additional case of this infrequent tumour is described on the lingual alveolar mucosa of the right mandibular premolar region in a 60-year-old man. Clinical evidence, microscopic findings, CT imaging and recurrence for this tumour are discussed.

Keywords: peripheral ameloblastoma; odontogenic tumours; alveolar mucosa; mandible