Odontogenic Neoplasm/ Tumour Flashcards
Two types of odontogenic tissue?
Mesenchyme
Epithelium
Examples of odontogenic epithelium?
RREDO
Oral epithelium Dental lamina Enamel organ Reduced enamel epithelium Rest of Malassez
Examples of odontogenic mesenchyme?
PFP
Dental papilla
Dental follicle
Periodontal ligament
What gives rise to radicular cyst?
cell rests of mallassez from Hertwigs root sheath
What gives rise to dentigerous cyst?
Reduced enamel epitheloum
What gives rise to keratocyst?
Dental lamina
What types of pathology does dental lamina give rise to?
Ameloblastoma
Keratocyst
How do odontogenic tumours often present?
Radiolucent lesions
Most often angle of mandbile
Why do odontogenic tumours present angle of mandible?
Remnant of dental lamina
How are odontogenic tumours classified?
Benign or malignant
Then epithelium/ mesenchyme or mixed
Example of a benign odontogenic epithelium tunour?
Ameloblastoma
Calcifying epithial odontogenic tumour
Adenomatoid O.T
Example benign epithelial/ mesenchyme tumour?
Odontoma
Ameloblastic fibroma
Example benign odontogenic mesenchyme tumour?
Odontogenic fibroma
Odontogenic myxoma
Cementoblastoma
Is an odontoma a neoplasm?
No
Most common odontogenic neoplasm?
Ameloblastoma - benign epithelial odontogenic tumour
Most common odontogenic mesenchyme tumour?
Myxoma
Most common mixed odontgenic tumour?
Calcifying odontogenic cyst - CEOT less rare
What is ameloblastoma?
Benign but destructive odontogenic epithelial tumour
Where do ameloblastoma present?
Most common site = angle of mandbile
Epidemiology of ameloblastoma?
Age 30-50
More common black population
How do ameloblastoma present clinically?
Often asymptomatic
Can get bucco-lingual expasnion
How does ameloblastoma present on radiograph?
Well defined, radiolucent lesion angle of mandible
Uni or multi-locular appearance
Not cortication
Effect adjacent structures - displacement/ resorption
Where do ameloblasts arise from?
Dental lamina
What are the 3 subtypes of ameloblastomna?
- conventional = intra-osseous
- unicystic = intra-osseous
- peripheral = extra-osseous
Two types of conventional ameloblastoma?
Follicular
Plexiform
Many tunours contain both patterns
What would see in histology of follicular ameloblastoma?
Islands of epithelial tumour, surrounded in fibrous stroma
Epithelium resembles enamel organ
Columnar ameloblast like cells at periphery of islands
Stellate reticulum like area in centre islands
Cysts forming within islands
What would see in histology of plexiform ameloblastoma?
Columnar ameloblast-like cells forming cords
No/ little stellate-reticulum
Cysts form within stroma