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ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2015

Soft tissue recurrent ameloblastomas also show some malignant features: A clinicopathological study of a 15-year database.

Zitong Lin, Guowen Sun, Tiemei Wang, Qingang Hu, Fei Chen, Shanhui Wen

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Article in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zitong LinDepartment of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Zhong Yang Road 30, Nanjing, China tiemeiwang106@163.com.
Guowen Sun
Tiemei Wang
Qingang Hu
Fei Chen
Shanhui Wen

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backgroundTo investigate the clinicopathological features of six cases of soft tissue recurrent ameloblastoma and explore the role of increased aggressive biological behavior in the recurrences and treatment of this type of ameloblastomas. MATERIAL AND

methodsIn this study, we retrospectively reviewed recurrent ameloblastomas during a 15-year period; six cases were diagnosed as soft tissue recurrent ameloblastoma. The clinical, radiographic, cytological and immunohistochemical records of these six cases were investigated and analyzed.

resultsAll the six soft tissue recurrent ameloblastomas occurred after radical bone resection, and were located in the adjacent soft tissues around the osteotomy regions. In Case 4, the patient developed pulmonary metastasis, extensive skull-base infiltration and cytological malignancy after multiple recurrences and malignant transformation was diagnosed. In the other five cases, although there were no cytological signs are sufficient to justify an ameloblastoma as malignant, some malignant features were observed. In Case 1, the tumor showed moderate atypical hyperplasia and the Ki-67 staining percentage was 40% positive, which are strongly suggestive of potential malignance. In Case 5, the patient developed a second soft tissue recurrence in the parapharyngeal region and later died of tumor-related complications. All the remaining three patients showed cytology atypia of varying degrees and high expression of PCNA or Ki-67, which confirmed active cell proliferation.

conclusionsIncreased aggressiveness is an important factor of soft tissue recurrence. An intraoperative rapid pathological examination and more radical treatment are suggested for these cases.

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AdultAgedAmeloblastomaDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesSoft Tissue NeoplasmsTime Factors

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