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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 32
| Issue : 3 | Page : 251-254 |
Conservative management of unicystic ameloblastoma in a young child: A case report
Sonal R Naidu1, Rahul J Hegde1, Vishakha N Devrukhkar2, Amit R Patel3
1 Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Modern Dental College and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Sonal R Naidu
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai - 400 614, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.135842
Unicystic ameloblastoma is a rare, benign, locally invasive odontogenic neoplasm of young age that shows clinical, radiographical or gross features of an odontogenic cyst, but it histologically shows typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining part of the cyst cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumor growth. A case of asymptomatic unicystic ameloblastoma in an 11- year-old-female, who was treated by surgical enucleation followed by Carnoy's solution application for 5 minutes, is presented. The present case report describes the clinical and radiological behaviors, its importance and complexity of a differential diagnosis and treatment protocol of lesions in the mandibular molar-ramus area considering the special problems in children.
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