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OBJECTIVE To report a case of recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) in an elderly patient. BACKGROUND PA is a benign tumour that affects soft tissues of gingiva or edentulous alveolar areas,… Click to show full abstract
OBJECTIVE To report a case of recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) in an elderly patient. BACKGROUND PA is a benign tumour that affects soft tissues of gingiva or edentulous alveolar areas, exhibiting histopathological characteristics of ameloblastoma. METHODS A 79-year-old man showed a nodule in the edentulous right mandibular alveolar ridge diagnosed as recurrent PA. CONCLUSION Clinicians should consider PA as a differential diagnosis of routine nodular lesions affecting the oral mucosa of geriatric patients.
Keywords:
ameloblastoma elderly;
recurrent peripheral;
elderly patient;
case;
report;
peripheral ameloblastoma
Journal Title: Gerodontology
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Gerodontology
Year Published: 2019
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