Management of unicystic ameloblastoma of the mandible in a 5-year old child

Unicystic ameloblastoma rarely seen in first decade of life. This tumour usually appears very similar to a non-neoplastic odontogenic cyst and is frequently clinically misdiagnosed as dentigerous cyst. The distinction from dentigerous cyst is important as unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) unlike dentiger...

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Autores principales: Bhutia, Ongkila, Roychoudhury, Ajoy, Arora, Ankit, Mallick, Saumya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3961902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665183
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.127658
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author Bhutia, Ongkila
Roychoudhury, Ajoy
Arora, Ankit
Mallick, Saumya
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description Unicystic ameloblastoma rarely seen in first decade of life. This tumour usually appears very similar to a non-neoplastic odontogenic cyst and is frequently clinically misdiagnosed as dentigerous cyst. The distinction from dentigerous cyst is important as unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) unlike dentigerous cyst needs different treatment approach and long term follow-up due to its chances of recurrence. This report highlights the importance of clinical examination in the diagnosis and management of UA in a 5 year old boy.
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spelling pubmed-39619022014-03-24 Management of unicystic ameloblastoma of the mandible in a 5-year old child Bhutia, Ongkila Roychoudhury, Ajoy Arora, Ankit Mallick, Saumya Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report Unicystic ameloblastoma rarely seen in first decade of life. This tumour usually appears very similar to a non-neoplastic odontogenic cyst and is frequently clinically misdiagnosed as dentigerous cyst. The distinction from dentigerous cyst is important as unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) unlike dentigerous cyst needs different treatment approach and long term follow-up due to its chances of recurrence. This report highlights the importance of clinical examination in the diagnosis and management of UA in a 5 year old boy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3961902/ /pubmed/24665183 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.127658 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery 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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