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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Peripheral Ameloblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Sem Decani, Martina Quatrale, Veronica Caria, Laura Moneghini, Elena Maria Varoni

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Extraosseous ameloblastoma: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sem DecaniDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy.
Martina QuatraleDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-4660-4304
Veronica CariaOdontostomatology II, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, 20142 Milan, Italy.
Laura MoneghiniPathological Anatomy, San Paolo Hospital, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, 20143 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6668-325X
Elena Maria VaroniDepartment of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, 20142 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7287-2188

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) is a rare benign tumor that can occur mostly in the mandibular gingiva of the premolar area, originating from the residual odontogenic epithelium. The patient is usually asymptomatic and the lesion can be an occasional finding during routine intraoral examination. Due to the lack of clinical and radiographic pathognomonic features, the diagnosis is based on histopathological analysis, associated with 3D computed tomography (CT) imaging. Here, we report the case of a middle-aged man showing an asymptomatic, sessile, normochromic papillomatous mass of the lingual alveolar mucosa, in correspondence of tooth 4.4, which was histologically diagnosed as peripheral ameloblastoma. After the complete excision of the lesion, there were no recurrence and no symptoms during the 3-year follow-up. The treatment of choice for PA is a conservative surgical excision, which usually results in a good prognosis, together with a long-term follow-up, necessary to intercept possible recurrence or, more rarely, malignant transformation.

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benign tumorextraosseous lesionperipheral ameloblastoma (PA)

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PMID39597858
PMCPMC11594955

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