A case of ameloblastoma of the maxilla

Autor: Hideko Kiguchi, Hitomi Kusakabe, Masayoshi Iwagami, Yukio Ishikawa, Shigeki Ishiguro
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology. 37:683-684
ISSN: 1882-7233
0387-1193
Popis: A case of ameloblastoma of the maxilla is presented. Its incidence is high in the mandible, but extremely low in the maxilla. Needle aspirates of the tumor revealed some dyskeratotic cells and tight clusters of squamous-like cells. Histopathogically, the tumor was characterized by abundant densely collegenous stroma with small nests and strands of odontogenic epithelium. Odontogenic epithelium of ameloblastoma differentiated into squamous epithelium. The cytologic features of ameloblastoma are diagnostic, and incorrect diagnosis may be prevented if sufficient attention is paid to determining the benign squamous differentiation of odontogenic epithelium.
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