Gigantic ameloblastoma associated with secondary hypoproteinemia
| Autor: | Satoru Okamura, Shigeki Nakasato, Yasunori Takeda, Keigo Kudo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Anemia Leukocytosis Asymptomatic Ameloblastoma Hypoproteinemia medicine Humans Maxillary Neoplasms Anemia Hypochromic Adamantinoma business.industry Odontogenic tumor medicine.disease Surgery Otorhinolaryngology Female Oral Surgery medicine.symptom Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. 49(7) |
| ISSN: | 0278-2391 |
| Popis: | Because of its slow and asymptomatic growth, many patients with ameloblastoma seek medical treatment only after the lesion has grown remark ably large.1. 2 We recently encountered a case of a gigantic ameloblastoma causing severe hypopro teinemia 3 - s and anemia/ in a patient who had been aware of the tumor growth for more than 20 years. This article describes preoperative and postopera tive findings and the clinical course of this patient. |
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