Epithelial Odontogenic Tumor Flashcards
Benign but locally infiltrative Odontogenic neoplasm
Ameloblastoma
Location of ameloblastoma
Mandibular molar-ramus and maxillary molar
Age where ameloblastoma occurs in life
4th or 5th decade of life
It is asymptpmatic unless there is nerve impingement or the lesion is very big
Range from simple swelling in gingiva or cystic lesion
Ameloblastoma
What radiographic lesion is this
Molar ramus area
Monolocular or multilocular
Associated with an IMPACTED TOOTH
Expansion of jaw and resorption of roots of room
Separation of roots or teeth
Ameloblastoma
Treatment of ameloblastoma
Resection
Most commonly seen histological subtype of ameloblastoma
Follicular ameloblastoma
A subtype of ameloblastoma in which the islands and sheets are interconnected together in cords or strands of odontogenic epithelium
Plexiform ameloblastoma
A subtype of ameloblastoma in which it is related to the skin
Epithelial keratin pearls are present
And the eithelium is squamous type
Acanthomatous “squamous metaplasia”
A subtype of ameloblastoma that its cells have granules (pink dots_ which can be seen in higher magnification
It also contain high lysosomal production
Exhibits prominent cytoplasmic granularity and swelling
Granular cell ameloblastoma
A subtype of amelloblastoma it which the hyperchromatic nuclei is more dense than the follicular type
It also contains stellate-reticular like cells
Basal cell ameloblastoma
A subtype of ameloblastoma it which it has a dense collagenous stroma or sometimes spindle shaped.
Cords of odontogenic epithelium are present
There are sharp areas
Desmoplastic ammeloblastoma
What are the biologic subtypes of ameloblastoma
- Conventional
- Peripheral / extraosseous
- Unicystic - fluid filled sac
- Metastasizing
Intraosseous / within bone
Single cyst cavity
Associated with unerupted or impacted teeth
Bony expansion / root resorption
Unicystic ameloblastoma
Histologic feature
Cuboidal palisading cells
Thin, nonkeratinized epithelium
Spongiosis
Eithelial invaginations
Subepithelial hyalinization
Spongiotic epithelial lining “parachute cells”
Unicystic ameloblastoma