Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology (AIMST) University, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KIMS Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
  • 4 Dental Services, KIMS Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
  • 5 Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology (AIMST) University, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
Case Rep Med, 2017;2017:9483738.
PMID: 28883834 DOI: 10.1155/2017/9483738

Abstract

Ameloblastic fibroodontoma is a benign mixed odontogenic neoplasm considered in patients with asymptomatic swelling and unerupted teeth that exhibit histologic features between ameloblastic fibroma and complex odontoma. Radiographically, this lesion appears as radiolucency admixed with focal radio opaque masses of irregular shapes and sizes. This lesion is confirmed by the presence of proliferating odontogenic epithelium, ectomesenchyme, and dental hard tissue formation on pathological analysis supplementing clinical and radiographic findings. As this tumour is less commonly seen in routine clinical practice, ameloblastic fibroodontoma with detailed orofacial features and periodic approach to its diagnosis is discussed. This paper reports a case of ameloblastic fibroodontoma of the mandible in a 6-year-old male patient with an uncommon case presentation and review of the literature.

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