Cystic ameloblastic fibroma: A rare histological variant of ameloblastic fibroma

Aiman Ali; Justin Bubola; Grace Bradley; Marvin Schwartz; Marco Magalhaes

doi:10.1016/j.ehpc.2020.200372

Human Pathology: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Cystic ameloblastic fibroma: A rare histological variant of ameloblastic fibroma

Aiman Ali,
Justin Bubola,
Grace Bradley,
Marvin Schwartz,
Marco Magalhaes

Affiliations

Aiman Ali: Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Justin Bubola: Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Grace Bradley: Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences Department, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marvin Schwartz: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Private Practice, Ontario, Canada
Marco Magalhaes: Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences Department, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Corresponding author at: University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Staff Oral Pathologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 495-124 Edward St., Toronto, ON M5G1G6, Canada.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehpc.2020.200372
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20
p. 200372

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Ameloblastic Fibroma (AF) is a benign mixed odontogenic tumor that usually affects young patients and is characterized histopathologically by odontogenic epithelial strands in a myxoid cell-rich stroma with stellate-shaped fibroblasts resembling embryonic tooth pulp. Here we describe a rare cystic ameloblastic fibroma with conventional ameloblastic fibroma in the cyst wall. We discuss the clinical features of this odontogenic tumor and review similar cases reported in the English literature.

Published in Human Pathology: Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-3300 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/human-pathology-case-reports/

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