Benign Odontogenic Tumors Dr. T Flashcards
What is the relationship between lesion’s agrressivness, rate of reccurance and follow up duration ?
the more aggressive the biologic behavior, the higher risk of
recurrence, and the longer the follow up needed for the patient
What is the spectrum of benign and malignant lesions
Which lesions are considered benigns
Things that have a very low rate of recurrence when you do a conservative excision or a nucleation ►they’re going to be very benign and they’re not going to be likely to be recurrent:
▪ Odontoma and radicular cysts are way down here near the benign side
▪ AOT (Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor) is benign.
▪ COCs (Calcifying odontogenic cyst) are benign.
▪ OKCs (Odontogenic keratocyst) ‐ they’re benign.
▪ Even Ameloblastomas are benign
which lesions are on the malignant side?
But eventually you get over to the side over here where you can have something like an Ameloblastic carcinoma ‐ truly malignant –> We know that it can metastasize and it can lead to death
▪ Lesions like Ameloblastomas and CEOTs will need to be managed more aggressively. (Not just curettage, aka surgical scraping or cleaning)
o You have a resection ‐ either a portion of the mandible is
removed or a segment of the mandible is removed.
What are the 3 Classification of
benign tumors?
- Epithelial
- Mesenchymal
- Mixed
What are the list of Epithelial Benign Tumors?
(5)
▪ Ameloblastoma
▪ Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
▪ Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor
▪ Squamous odontogenic tumor
▪ Odontogenic keratocyst (aka Keratocystic odontogenic tumor)
What are the list of Mesenchymal Benign Tumors?
(5)
▪ Odontogenic myxoma
▪ Central Odontogenic fibroma
▪ Cementifying fibroma
▪ Cementoblastoma
▪ Granular cell odontogenic tumor
What are the list of Mixed Benign tumors?
5
▪ Odontoma (complex and compound)
▪ Ameloblastic fibroma/odontoma
▪ Primordial odontogenic tumor
▪ Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor
▪ Calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor(aka COC, ghost cell tumor)
Ameloblastoma
Charcterstics
- An epithelial odontogenic neoplasm (Tumor of Epithelial Origin)
- with a close histologic resemblance to the enamel organ
Ameloblastoma
Origin
Potential sources of epithelium include:
o Enamel organ – look like they’re about to deposit a
substance but never do
o Odontogenic rests (Malassez, Serres)
o Reduced enamel epithelium
o Epithelial lining of odontogenic cysts ‐ can actually have an ameloblastoma arise within a dentigerous cyst
Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
-Osteolytic tumor (radiolucent – no hard tissue formed)
- Well-circumscribed uni- or multilocular radiolucency
- Often with sclerotic or corticated borders
- May see blunt root resorption and displacement of teeth
- Frequently seen in association with unerupted teeth
Ameloblastoma
Clinically
- Rather slow growing tumor
- Larger lesions present as painless expansion or swelling of bone
- Smaller ones are asymptomatic, can be seen on routine imaging
- Buccal and lingual cortical expansion is common
- May perforate cortical plate and invade surrounding soft tissue
- Can arise in a dentigerous cyst (see transition from stratified
- squamous to ameloblastic epithelium)
Ameloblastoma
Demographics
▪ 11‐18% of non‐cystic lesions of the maxillofacial bones
▪ 4th and 5th decade most common, but occurs over a broad age range (rare in first decade)
o Usually starts 2nd decade, can go up to 80‐90s. Late 30s/early 40s are usually the peak
▪ > 80% occur in the mandible (most in molar/ramus area)
ameloblastoma
location
▪ Almost 80% or a little over 80% (of ameloblasts) are down in the mandible.
▪ And the vast majority are in the posterior mandible
▪ Do occur in maxilla but at lower rate
Ameloblastoma
Etiology
▪ Over expression of Bcl‐2 (anti‐apoptotic protein)
▪ Expression of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)
▪ Over expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs 9 and 20) – like in OKC, allowing tumor to grow into surrounding area
▪ Surprisingly, no significant increase in Ki‐67 expression (cell
proliferation marker) – ameloblastomas do NOT turn over rapidly
What is
the second most common
odontogenic neoplasm?
Ameloblastoma
(after odontoma)
o although odontomas are more like hamartomas
Which tumor can arise in a dentigerous cyst?
Ameloblastoma
(we see transition from stratified squamous to ameloblastic epithelium)
Ameloblastoma
Types
Conventional/multicystic/solid/ (~ 80%)
- Unicystic (~6-15%) need entire specimen (excision) to know
- Desmoplastic
- Peripheral
- Malignant
What is this radiographic finding?
Unilocular and unicystic ‐ An example of a unilocular ameloblastoma that is
not associated with an impacted tooth
▪ Is between roots of two teeth, may be confused with lateral
periodontal cyst. Well‐circumscribed radiolucency
What is this radiographic finding?
▪ Typical appearance for ameloblastoma
Multilocular, very well‐circumscribed, associated with impacted tooth.
Can see bowing of inferior aspect of mandible
lateral oblique radiograph.was used here
What is this radiographic & clinical finding?
Ameloblastoma
clinically: Have expansion of the buccal plate, obliterating the vestibule in this area.
Radiographically: Root resorption of molar, unilocular radiolucency in mandible
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastoma
- Small lesion distal to impacted tooth.
- Unilocular radiolucency with elevation of alveolar ridge + some expansion of soft tissue
What is this radiographic finding?
Ameloblastoma
▪ Well‐circumscribed radiolucency with a sclerotic or
corticated margin.
▪ If you had a CBCT, it would probably show you that there
was a thin septa in this area of residual bone trabeculae.
▪ Fracture could be caused by very large cysts.
▪ Resolve by decompressing unless with odontogenic tumor – need to remove the mandible 1cm+ on either side of lesion
Conventional/Solid Ameloblastoma
Treatment
- Resection (treatment depends on extent of the lesion and anatomy of involved bone)
- Segmental
- Composite
- Long term (decades) follow up is needed for these patients
Case
16yo female
Describe the lesion and what is the diagnosis?
▪Left mandible, multilocular radiolucency associated with impacted tooth
▪ It’s well circumscribed, edge may be a little bit sclerotic or corticated
▪ It has displaced an impacted tooth down towards the inferior
aspect of the mandible
▪ Appears to be expanding the cortex of the mandible in areas
▪ There’s blunt resorption of the teeth adjacent (PMs and molar)
Ameloblastoma
Case
▪ Well‐circumscribed radiolucency, no impacted tooth
▪ But notice that it’s coming up to posterior aspect of first molar
▪ Surgery done to remove lesion, left inferior aspect of mandible
Follow‐up image: conservative surgery but still removed bone up to mesial aspect. Less conservative would be removing entire mandible
▪ Concern with that is paresthesia (from removing the nerve as well)
Conventional/Solid Ameloblastoma
Unicystic
ameloblastoma
types
Subgroup of
ameloblastomas
▪ Unicystic (Simple or luminal)
- lumina- confined to the surface lining of the cystic space
▪ Plexiform (intraluminal)
- intralumina-one or more areas of the ameloblastic epithelial lining, proliferate into the lumen of the cystic space
▪ Mural – hard to distinguish from conventional,
so pathologists think they should NOT be treated the same as unicystic (which would be a more conservative treatment)
▪ Ameloblastoma arising in a cyst ‐ can usually be treated in a similar way as unicystic ameloblastoma.
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Demographcics and Locations
▪ Younger initial presentation (~ 50% in 2nd decade)
▪ 90% in MD (mandibular)
▪ Typically asymptomatic and found on routine radiographic exam
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
- Commonly a well‐circumscribed radiolucency that surrounds the crown of an unerupted tooth
- Commonly accompanied by root resoprtion
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
radiographically can be confused with which cyst?
- Radiographically can be confused with dentigerous cyst
- Presence of root resorption should increase your suspicion of ameloblastoma
What is this radiographic finding?
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
but could be
Dentigerous Cyst
based on clinical presentation!
So radiograph is not diagonstic
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
Treatment
- Treatment is typically enucleation and curettage
- Reports of lower rate of recurrence (10‐20%) than conventional ameloblastoma (50‐90%) with similar treatment
- Some recommend decompression prior to surgery
- Use of Carnoy’s solution after enucleation- resulted in a recurrence rate lower
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
Location
- Anterior jaws (particularly maxilla)
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
Radiographically
- looks “fibro‐osseous” due to mixed radiolucentradiopaque appearance
- Mineralization of dense collagen
- Well‐circumscribed, corticated.
What is this radiographic finding?
Desmoplastic
Ameloblastoma
- Spherical growth. Within it, has both radiodense and radiolucent areas (is
- mixed radiolucent‐radiopaque)– similar appearance to benign fibro‐osseous lesions.
- Well‐circumscribed, corticated.
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
Origin and Charcterstics
- Thought to arise from epithelial rests or basal cells in the gingiva
- Uncommon
- Does not invade underlying bone
- Histology is the same as conventional type
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
location
- Found on gingiva or alveolar mucosa (*that’s why it’s named peripheral or extraosseous)
Peripheral
Ameloblastoma
What are the two types of “Malignant”
Ameloblastomas ?
- Malignant ameloblastoma
- Ameloblastic carcinoma
What is a malignant ameloblastoma?
▪ Malignant ameloblastoma
o Primary lesion and metastasis have normal welldifferentiated
ameloblastic (benign) histology
o Most commonly to lung
What is Ameloblastic carcinoma?
- a primary lesion has atypical poorly‐differentiated
- neoplastic(malignant) histology
- may metastasize
CALCIFYING EPITHELIAL ODONTOGENIC TUMOR
CEOT
also known as ?
Pindborg Tumor
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
▪ Uncommon (~1% of odontogenic tumors)
▪ Does not have inductive effect
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Demographics and Location
o 2nd to 10th decades, peak ~ 4th decade
o MD (mandibular) 2 : 1 MX (maxillary)
o Usually posterior mandible
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Clinically
- Presents as painless slowly expanding swellings
- sessile swellings of the gingiva or alveolus ( 2 times more on mandible than maxilla
- Peripheral lesion may be seen, but are rare
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Radiographically
- May be unilocular, but most commonly as a multilocular lesion
- May be entirely radiolucent or a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion
-
Often associated with an unerupted tooth
- MD third molar most common
- Calcifications in the lesion, if present, are typically prominent around the crown of the impacted tooth.
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT) have clinical presentation similar to what lesion?
- CEOT clinically is similar to ameloblastoma
- Also, CEOT has potential to be locally invasive, if in the right anatomic location, but has a less aggressive biologic behavior compared to ameloblastoma
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Treatment
▪ Enucleation _with peripheral ostectom_y
▪ Resection with rim of normal bone
▪ Recurrence rate is ~12%
▪ ~ 2% demonstrate malignant transformation
case
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor
(CEOT)
Clinically: we see a little expansion on inferior aspect of mandible + lingual too
Radiographically: we see well‐circumscribed, a little corticated/sclerotic edge, impacted tooth
▪ we can see bowing of inferior aspect of mandible
▪ Within areas of radiolucency, see areas of opacity (calcified lesions = classic CEOT)
▪ When smaller► could have looked *unilocular*
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- flecks of calcifications.
- Calcifications all around crown is common
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- Multilocular radiolucency with calcifications.
- an expansion up to PMs and back to 2nd molar
- as well as bowing of mandible.
What is this radiographic finding?
Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor(CEOT)
- Fewer calcifications here, well‐circumscribed and corticated, impacted tooth.
- periosteal reaction causing elevation at the bottom of image!