Ameloblastic fibroma

Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare odontogenic tumor comprising neoplastic epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. This lesion was previously considered to be a benign lesion with very limited recurrence rate and malignant transformation. However, recent reports have suggested that this lesion has the poten...

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Autores principales: Rao, Srinivas Ponnam, Srivastava, Gautam, Smitha, B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248485
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.102515
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description Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare odontogenic tumor comprising neoplastic epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. This lesion was previously considered to be a benign lesion with very limited recurrence rate and malignant transformation. However, recent reports have suggested that this lesion has the potential for recurrence and malignant transformation. In this brief report, we report a case of AF in the context of its high cellularity on histopathological examination.
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spelling pubmed-35192282012-12-17 Ameloblastic fibroma Rao, Srinivas Ponnam Srivastava, Gautam Smitha, B J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare odontogenic tumor comprising neoplastic epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. This lesion was previously considered to be a benign lesion with very limited recurrence rate and malignant transformation. However, recent reports have suggested that this lesion has the potential for recurrence and malignant transformation. In this brief report, we report a case of AF in the context of its high cellularity on histopathological examination. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3519228/ /pubmed/23248485 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.102515 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Ameloblastic fibroma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519228/
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