Mandibular Ameloblastoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report

Ameloblastomas frequently occur in relatively young people, but are rarely seen in people aged 80 years or older. We report a case of mandibular ameloblastoma in an elderly patient with a review of the literature. The patient was a 82-year-old man who noticed swelling of the gingiva approximately 2...

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Autores principales: Nagata, Kokoro, Shimizu, Kasumi, Sato, Chu, Morita, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Yoshihiro, Tagawa, Toshiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/145282
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author Nagata, Kokoro
Shimizu, Kasumi
Sato, Chu
Morita, Hiroshi
Watanabe, Yoshihiro
Tagawa, Toshiro
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Morita, Hiroshi
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Tagawa, Toshiro
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description Ameloblastomas frequently occur in relatively young people, but are rarely seen in people aged 80 years or older. We report a case of mandibular ameloblastoma in an elderly patient with a review of the literature. The patient was a 82-year-old man who noticed swelling of the gingiva approximately 2 weeks prior to his initial visit. Computed tomography showed a radiolucent area with little radiopacity. Internal uniformity was observed at the site, with thinning of cortical bone which lacked continuity in some areas. The excision and curettage were performed under general anaesthesia. No recurrence has been observed 14 months after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-36067522013-03-26 Mandibular Ameloblastoma in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report Nagata, Kokoro Shimizu, Kasumi Sato, Chu Morita, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshihiro Tagawa, Toshiro Case Rep Dent Case Report Ameloblastomas frequently occur in relatively young people, but are rarely seen in people aged 80 years or older. We report a case of mandibular ameloblastoma in an elderly patient with a review of the literature. The patient was a 82-year-old man who noticed swelling of the gingiva approximately 2 weeks prior to his initial visit. Computed tomography showed a radiolucent area with little radiopacity. Internal uniformity was observed at the site, with thinning of cortical bone which lacked continuity in some areas. The excision and curettage were performed under general anaesthesia. No recurrence has been observed 14 months after surgery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3606752/ /pubmed/23533821 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/145282 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kokoro Nagata et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606752/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/145282
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