Srikanth MD, Radhika B, Metta K, Renuka NV. Ameloblastic carcinoma: Report of a rare case. World J Clin Cases 2014; 2(2): 48-51 [PMID: 24579073 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i2.48]
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Mandadi Dakshinamurthy Srikanth, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, MNR Nagar Fasalwadi, Sangareddy 502001, India. drsrikanthmd@rediffmail.com
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
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Case Report
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Mandadi Dakshinamurthy Srikanth, Besta Radhika, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy 502001, India
Kiran Metta, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Midsr Dental College and Hospital, Latur, Maharashtra 413512, India
Nukala Valli Renuka, Department of Periodontics, Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad 500087, India
Author contributions: Srikanth MD and Radhika B carried out the extra oral and intra oral examinations, the radiological investigations and the writing of the case report; Kiran M carried out the pre-surgical endodontics; Renuka NV carried out the pre-surgical oral prophylaxis and necessary periodontal investigations.
Correspondence to: Mandadi Dakshinamurthy Srikanth, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MNR Dental College and Hospital, MNR Nagar Fasalwadi, Sangareddy 502001, India. drsrikanthmd@rediffmail.com
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Received: September 19, 2013 Revised: November 30, 2013 Accepted: January 7, 2014 Published online: February 16, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Clinically, ameloblastic carcinoma is more aggressive than most typical ameloblastomas, with extensive local destruction, perforation of the cortical plate, extension into surrounding soft tissues, numerous recurrent lesions and metastasis, usually to cervical lymph nodes. Histologically, the tumor cells resemble cells seen in ameloblastoma but show cytological atypia, cellular pleomorphism, nuclear hyperchromatism, mitoses and vascular and neural invasion. These identifying features of ameloblastic carcinoma must be known and recognized by dental practitioners. It is probable that ameloblastoma, like other tumors (such as carcinoid tumors and epithelial tumors of the ovary), shows a spectrum of histological and biological behavior, ranging from benignity at one end to frank malignancy at the other.
