Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Gururnanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab
*Address For Correspondance: Dr Aarthi T, PG Student, Dept of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Gurunanakdevdental College & Research Institute, Sunam
Online published on 9 December, 2014.
A complex group of benign lesions may lead to mandibular swellings, and these can be divided into those of odontogenic and nonodontogenic origin. Odontogenic tumors include a variety of benign and malignant neoplasm arising from odontogenic residues. Ameloblastoma is the most common clinically significant odontogenic tumor having odontogenic epithelial origin.10 It occurs in different clinicoradiographic situations which are multicystic, unicystic, peripheral.
Unicystic/Cystic ameloblastoma (UCA), introduced in 1977, with emphasis on being a separate clinicpathological entity showing ameloblastomatous differentiation in the lining is a single cystic cavity which shows ameloblastomatous differentiation in the lining.11 Here we report a case unicystic ameloblastoma in 55 year old female and review of literature.
Ameloblastoma, tumor, unicystic
