The desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is a rare variant of the conventional ameloblastoma. It accounts for only 4% to 13% of all ameloblastomas. In this article, we describe the case of a young child affected by a giant neglected DA of the jaw. Preoperative biopsy demonstrated the extremely rare osteoplastic variant of DA. The patient was submitted to segmental mandibulectomy and immediate recons...

UNLABELLED Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) excluded the desmoplastic pattern from the histopathological spectrum of solid ameloblastomas and classified it as a distinct variant, named desmoplastic ameloblastoma. AIM To perform a retrospective analysis of the clinicopathologic aspects in a case series of solid ameloblastomas. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study. MATERIA...

Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is a relatively rare histological variant of ameloblastoma with specific clinical, radiological, and histological features. This tumor is more commonly seen in the anterior region of jaws as a mixed radiopaque-radiolucent lesion resembling benign fibro-osseous lesions. Histologically, DA is characterized by small nests and strands of "compressed" odontogenic epit...

Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is an uncommon variant of ameloblastoma that accounts for 4-13% of ameloblastomas. It differs from classical ameloblastoma in its site of occurrence, radiographic features, and histologic appearance. The World Health Organization (2005) classified this tumor as a variant of ameloblastoma. DA is a benign tumor with typical histopathological and radiographic featur...

The aim of the present study is to examine all cases of intraosseous benign ameloblastomas treated between 1970 and 2010 in a single institution and to look for a possible correlation between the histopathological aspects and the demographical and clinical parameters, as well as the treatment outcome. The data of a total number of 44 patients were retrieved from the records. Nine patients were ...

Objectives: To compare the different histological variants of ameloblastoma in terms of proliferative activity, using the histochemical method of AgNORs and to grade different variants of ameloblastoma. Methods: It was a cross sectional study of 50 surgical specimens, collected by non probability convenient sampling technique, of ameloblastoma were selected from different hospitals of Lahore (M...