Cystic ameloblastic fibroma: A rare histological variant of ameloblastic fibroma

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Ameloblastic fibroma
• Cystic ameloblastic fibroma
• Mixed odontogenic tumors