| Autor: |
Camila Carla Maria Ximenes Oliveira, Emanuel Dias Oliveira E Silva, Vanessa De Carvalho Melo, Edmilson Zacarias da Silva Júnior, Leorik Pereira da Silva, Ana Cláudia Amorim Gomes |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Saúde. 19:307-310 |
| ISSN: |
1415-2177 |
| DOI: |
10.4034/rbcs.2015.19.04.08 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Ameloblastomas are locally aggressive jaw tumors with a high propensity for recurrence and believed to originate from remnants of dental lamina or odontogenic epithelium. Radical surgery still remains the first-choice therapy. Case Report: Herein we report the case of a 69-year-old patient admitted to the University Hospital Oswaldo Cruz in Pernambuco, Brazil, exactly eight years after undergoing hemi-mandibulectomy for treatment of a multicystic ameloblastoma. The patient complained of painful, well-delimited swelling measuring about 4 cm in submucosa next to a titanium bone plate that was used for reconstruction. Computed tomographic imaging and incisional biopsy were performed. The lesion was diagnosed as a ameloblastoma. The tumor was resected and histopathological analyses showed predominance of follicular and acanthomatous ameloblastoma within a highly fibrotic area, thus completing the diagnosis of soft-tissue recurrence. Considerations: This report shows the need of monitoring ameloblastomas for a long-term period even after radical treatment. DESCRIPTORS Neoplasm Recurrence Local. Ameloblastoma. Maxillofacial surgery. |
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