Hybrid Ameloblastoma in the Anterior Man-dible

Mandana Pourian¹, Mersad Mehranahad², Pooneh Dehghan²

¹Radiology Department, Rasool Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sci-ences, Tehran, Iran.
²Taleghani Hospital Research Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Med-ical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/act.2015.43006                

Abstract

Ameloblastoma—a benign epithelial odontogenic tumor-histologically occurs in different patterns, the most common of which are plexiform and follicular. “Hybrid” ameloblastoma is a variant in which areas of follicular or plexiform pattern (generally called convention alameloblastoma) coexist with areas of pronounced stromal desmoplasia (desmoplastic ameloblastoma). They most often occur in the mandibular ramus. We present a case of “hybrid” lesion—desmoplastic and conventional ameloblastoma—in the anterior mandible, focusing on its’ imaging features.

Keywords

Odontogenic Tumor, Hybrid, Conventional, Desmoplastic, Ameloblastoma

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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