AMELOBLASTIC CARCINOMA: A CASE WITH CERVICAL NODE AND PULMONARY METASTASES

Authors

  • Khoo Suan Phaik Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology,Oral Medicine & Periodontology Faculty of Dentistry University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Ong Siew Tin Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Keywords:

Ameloblastic carcinoma, aggressive lesion, neck nodes metastases, pulmonary metastasis, malignant ameloblastoma

Abstract

Odontogenic carcinomas of the jaws are subclassified into malignant ameloblastoma, ameloblastic carcinoma and primary
intraosseous carcinoma arising from within the bone. These may arise from residual islands of epithelium derived from dental lamina or epithelial lining of dental cysts. Ameloblastic carcinoma is extremely rare. An aggressive case of ameloblastic carcinoma occumng in a 59-year-old Malay man is presented. Wide excision of the primary lesion with radical neck dissection was carried out. He developed lung metastasis 4 months post-operatively. Despite chemotherapy upon discovery of lung metastasis, he expired 7 months following the initial diagnosis.

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Published

1998-12-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Case Report

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