Author(s)

G. Gandhi, A. Amirthagani

Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital, Thanjavur, India.

The desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is a rare variant of the conventional ameloblastoma. It accounts for only 4% to 13% of all ameloblastomas. Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) was included in the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors (WHO-2005) as a variant of ameloblastoma with specific clinical, imaging and histological features. The desmoplastic variant of ameloblastoma usually appears in the anterior and premolar regions as a mixed radiolucent and radiopaque lesion, sometimes resembling a benign fibro-osseous lesion [1]. Ameloblastoma is a locally aggressive tumor that may cause recurrence and in rare cases, malignant transformation with repeated postsurgical recurrences [2] [3]. In this paper we present a case of a 47-year-old female with swelling in the left upper jaw, bopsy of which turned out to be desmoplastic ameloblastoma.

Ameloblastoma, Desmoplastic Ameloblastoma, Benign Fibro-Osseous Lesion, Odontogenic Tumor

Gandhi, G. and Amirthagani, A. (2017) Desmoplastic Ameloblastoma —A Case Report. Open Journal of Stomatology, 7, 180-185. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2017.73013.