Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) is a relatively uncommon odontogenic tumor that is histologically identical to the classic inttaosseous ameloblastoma but it occurs primarily in the soft tissues overlying the toothbearing regions of the jaws and does not exhibit the invasive and aggressive behavior of its intraosseous counterpart.l The origin of PA is thought to be from 1 of 2 sources: extraosseou...

The purposes of this study were to investigate the distribution of cytokeratins in the different tissue types of ameloblastoma and to discuss the histogenesis of this tumor. CK19 and CK8, which are markers for odontogenic epithelium, reacted positively to the constituting cells in all types of ameloblastoma. This suggests that all types of ameloblastoma derive from odontogenic epithelium. Howev...

UNLABELLED The adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is an uncommon tumor of odontogenic origin, composed of odontogenic epithelium and characterized by slow but progressive growth. We report a rare case of AOT in an 18-year-old, who presented with a palpable bony-hard swelling in the anterior maxillary region. The tumor was radiographically well-defined, and exhibited unilocular radiolucency. Hi...

Odontogenic tumors develop in the jaw bones from the odontogenic tissue-oral epithelium in tooth germ, enamel organ, dental papilla, reduced enamel epithelium, remnants of Hertwig's root sheath or dental lamina, and so forth. Hence, a bewildering variety of tumors are encountered in the maxilla and mandible. Ameloblastoma is the second most common odontogenic neoplasm after odontomes, and it ha...

Odontogenic fibroma (OF) is considered an unusual, benign mesenchymal neoplasm and one of the most little-understood lesions amongst all odontogenic neoplasms. The incidence rate of the tumor is from 0% to 5.5%. WHO classified them into intraosseous or central and extraosseous or peripheral variants. It chiefly consists of fibroblastic tissue with an inconsistent amount of inactive appearing od...

Ameloblastoma, the word has developed from very early English words that are— ‘Amel’ meaning enamel, and ‘blastos’— germ. It is a benign locally aggressive neoplasm originating odontogenic epithelium. also most common in oral cavity.

This case report describes a rare case of an adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) arising in the mandibular third molar region of a 20-year-old female. The tumor was a well-circumscribed intraosseous lesion with an embedded tooth. Histologically, the induction of extensive globular calcification was evident in addition to the characteristic histological features of AOT. The present case lends su...

AIMS To compare the expression of S100 protein, alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) and keratin 19 in odontogenic myxomas and non-odontogenic myxoid lesions. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissue from seven odontogenic myxomas, three soft tissue myxomas, six hyperplastic myxoid dental follicles, two intramuscular myxomas, 12 cardiac myxomas, and seven normal dental follicles ...