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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · European Journal of General Dentistry 2013; 2(02): 182-186
DOI: 10.4103/2278-9626.112325
Case Report

Maxillary ameloblastoma extending into the maxillary sinus

Nidhi Dwivedi
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Vineet Raj
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Shaleen Chandra
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
,
Akhil Agarwal
1   Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Ameloblastoma is a benign but locally aggressive odontogenic tumor. Worldwide, maxillary ameloblastoma is rare, but its late detection renders adequate treatment difficult. Majority occur in the mandible with about 5-20% occurring in the maxillary bone. Here we report a case of plexiform ameloblastoma of the left maxilla in a 30-year-old male. The tumor was presented as a radiographically solid mass filling the left maxillary sinus and clinically as a maxillary swelling. The radio-pathological features of this tumor and the possibility of its sinonasal epithelium origin are discussed.

Keywords

Ameloblastoma - maxillary sinus - odontogenic epithelium


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01 November 2021

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