Indian Journal of Mednodent and Allied Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

Unicystic Ameloblastoma Involving the Mandible: A Case Report

Student, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College & Hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Email id: pavani.vidhyadhari31@gmail.com

**ramsoni08@gmail.com

Online published on 24 April, 2015.

Abstract

Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) refers to those cystic lesions that show clinical, radiographic, or gross features of a mandibular cyst, but on histological examination show a typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining part of the cyst cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumour growth. UA is believed to be the less aggressive than the solid or multicystic ameloblastomas. We present a case report of 40 year old male patient with UA involving the entire body of the mandible.

Keywords

Benign neoplasm, Odontogenic epithelium, Unicystic ameloblastoma, Luminal variant of UA, Multilocular radiolucency, Bicortical expansion, Mandibulectomy