Granular Ameloblastoma a Case Report
Published: 2021-06-15
Page: 87-92
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 2]
Sushanth S. Bhat *
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
Laxmikanth Chatra
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
Prashanth Shenoy
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
K. M. Veena
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
Rachana Prabhu
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
Sajad Buch
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Yenepoya Dental College Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Karnataka, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ameloblastoma usually presents as a painless, slow growing, locally aggressive swelling with expansion of the cortical bone, perforation of the cortical plates and infiltration of the soft tissues. It is a classic case of a true neoplasm of enamel organ tissue that lacks the potential to undergo differentiation. Granular cell ameloblastoma is a rare type of ameloblastoma being aggressive in nature with a marked propensity for recurrence and which can progress to metastasis.
This report discusses a case report of a 46 years old female patient diagnosed with granular cell ameloblastoma on the right side of mandible.
Keywords: Ameloblastoma, jaw neoplasm, mandibular disease, odontogenic tumor