Clinicopathological analysis of 15 cases of desmoplastic ameloblastoma
Li, J.; Zhang, W.
Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 16(2): 138-140
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-1182 PMID: 12214417 Document Number: 489467
15 cases of desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) were studied clinicopathologically, which was combined with literature review of 50 cases. The results showed that the morbidity of DA was low, which occupied 7.4% of the whole ameloblastoma. The DA tumor occurred preferentially in anterior parts of the jaw and the maxillary bone, which exhibited radiographically a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque appearance, and the main pathological characteristic was extensive fibrous hyperplasia in stroma and scattering epithelial nests with different sizes. Some cases showed a mixture type of DA and classical ameloblastoma.