Metastasising ameloblastoma or ameloblastic carcinoma? A case report with mutation analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ameloblastic carcinoma and metastasising ameloblastoma are rare epithelial odontogenic tumours with aggressive features. Distinguishing between these two lesions is often clinically difficult but necessary to predict tumour behaviour or to plan future therapy. Here, we provide a brief review of the literature available on these two types of lesions and present a new case report of a young man with an ameloblastoma displaying metastatic features. We also use this case to illustrate the similarities and differences between these two types of tumours and the difficulties of their differential diagnosis.

Case presentation

Our histopathological analyses uncovered a metastasising tumour with features of ameloblastic carcinoma, which developed from the ameloblastoma. We

SUBMITTER: Hurnik P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423427 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature