Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3168948 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Ameloblastoma is an odontogenic tumor, usually benign, which rarely metastasizes to distant organs. The case of a 27-year-old white woman is described, who presented a metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma 7 years after the removal of a mandibular ameloblastoma. She presented no pulmonary symptoms, but a lung nodule was found in a chest x-ray during a routine check-up for job admission. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 2-cm well-defined solitary round nodule without calcifications, leading to the hypothesis of a metastatic tumor. Clinical and CT investigation confirmed no ameloblastoma recurrence in the jaw and no other primary tumor. The diagnosis of metastatic ameloblastoma was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of the pulmonary nodule.
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Authors
Giselle Segnini Senra, Andresa Costa Pereira, Lucio Murilo dos Santos, Yasmin Rodarte Carvalho, Adriana Aigotti Haberbeck Brandão,