Spindle Cell Variant of Ameloblastic Carcinoma: Another Example in a Japanese Male

Hiroshi Harada; Akio Tanaka; Masatomo Kimura; Shinsuke Ieda; Takeshi Wada; Tatsushi Matsumura; Akira Kurose

doi:10.1155/2023/8755637

Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2023)

Spindle Cell Variant of Ameloblastic Carcinoma: Another Example in a Japanese Male

Hiroshi Harada,
Akio Tanaka,
Masatomo Kimura,
Shinsuke Ieda,
Takeshi Wada,
Tatsushi Matsumura,
Akira Kurose

Affiliations

Hiroshi Harada: Department of Anatomic Pathology
Akio Tanaka: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Masatomo Kimura: Department of Diagnostic Pathology
Shinsuke Ieda: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Takeshi Wada: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Tatsushi Matsumura: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Akira Kurose: Department of Anatomic Pathology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8755637
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2023

Abstract

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Spindle cell variant of ameloblastic carcinoma (SpCAC) is a rare subtype of ameloblastic carcinoma. Herein, we describe an additional case of SpCAC of the mandible of a 76-year-old Japanese male. We discuss diagnostic problems we encountered in this case, focusing on unusual expression of myogenic/myoepithelial markers, such as smooth muscle actin and calponin.

Published in Case Reports in Dentistry

ISSN: 2090-6447 (Print); 2090-6455 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2415

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