A Case Report on Granular Cell Ameloblastoma - A Rare Histological Entity

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Journal Indian J Radiol Imaging

Publisher Thieme

Specialty Radiology

Date 2020 Oct 26

PMID 33100694

Authors

Anju Mathew

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Abstract

Granular cell ameloblastoma is a rare condition, accounting for 3.5% of all ameloblastoma cases that shows marked transformation in the cytoplasm of tumor cells, which are usually stellate reticulum-like cells. The transformed cells possess very coarse, granular eosinophilic cytoplasm. Granular cell ameloblastoma is aggressive in nature with a marked propensity for recurrence and can progress to metastasis. This article discusses a case report of a 35-year-old female patient diagnosed with granular cell ameloblastoma of the right mandible.

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