Unicystic Ameloblastoma in a Child: a Differential Diagnosis from the Dentigerous Cyst and the Inflammatory Follicular Cyst

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Journal J Dent Child (Chic)

Date 2008 May 17

PMID 18482524

Citations 5

Authors

H H Oliveira-Neto

J V Spindula-Filho

M C S Dallara

C M Silva

E F Mendonca

A C Batista

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Abstract

Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a benign epithelial odontogenic tumor of the jaws with an aggressive potential that commonly occurs in children. This cystic odontogenic neoplasm is generally asymptomatic and found during routine radiographs. The purposes of this report were to describe a case of UA involving the crown of the unerupted right mandibular second premolar in an 11-year-old girl under orthodontic treatment, and discuss its diagnosis and radiographic and microscopic findings, emphasizing its distinction from the dentigerous cyst and the inflammatory follicular cyst.

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