Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 198-202
Cone Beam Computed Tomography- A Boon in Diagnosis of Expansile Follicular Ameloblastoma of Mandible - A Case Report
Dr. Jaishri Pagare, Dr Satyapal Johaley
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Jaishri Pagare
ABSTRACT
Ameloblastoma is a locally invasive benign epithelial odontogenic tumour. It has a high rate of recurrence in the long term. Ameloblastoma was first described by Falkson in 1879. It is a slow growing, persistent and locally aggressive neoplasm. It is more common in the third and fourth decade of life with equal sex distribution. It is more common in posterior mandibular body ramus region. Radiologically it may present as unilocular or multilocular with cortical plate expansion. Cone beam computed tomography enables the clinician to get exact nature and extent of ameloblastoma. Here we present a rare case which demonstrates the use of cone beam computed tomography in diagnosis of a large expansile ameloblastoma of mandible in a 47 year old female patient.
Key words: Ameloblastoma, epithelial, odontogenic, neoplasm, posterior mandible, cortical plate expansion.
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