jaw neoplasms

Summary

Alias: cancer of the jaw
Summary: Cancers or tumors of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE unspecified. For neoplasms of the maxilla, MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS is available and of the mandible, MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS is available.

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  1. pathology, oral
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  2. medical subject headings for oral surgery: tufts university hirsh health sciences library
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  3. ilium
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Publications

  1. Relative frequency of central odontogenic tumors: a study of 1,088 cases from Northern California and comparison to studies from other parts of the world
    Amos Buchner
    Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 64:1343-52
  2. Orofacial tumours in suburban Nigerian children and adolescents
    S B Aregbesola
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 43:226-31
  3. Odontogenic tumors: a review of 319 cases in a Nigerian teaching hospital
    Akinola Ladipo Ladeinde
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 99:191-5
  4. Odontogenic tumours in Istanbul: 527 cases
    V Olgac
    Institute of Oncology, Department of Tumor Pathology and Oncological Cytology, Topkapi Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 44:386-8
  5. Imaging approach for differential diagnosis of jaw lesions: a quick reference guide
    A Bernaerts
    Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
    JBR-BTR 89:43-6
  6. Relative frequency of peripheral odontogenic tumors: a study of 45 new cases and comparison with studies from the literature
    Amos Buchner
    Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Oral Pathol Med 35:385-91
  7. Hamartomatous proliferations of odontogenic epithelium within the jaws: a potential histogenetic source of intraosseous epithelial odontogenic tumors
    F Ide
    Division of Pathology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan
    J Oral Pathol Med 36:229-35
  8. [Comparison of clinical immunohistochemical findings in keratocystic odontogenic tumours and ameloblastomas considering their risk of recurrence]
    Oliver Driemel
    Universität Regensburg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund, Kiefer und Gesichtschirurgie, Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
    Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir 11:221-31
  9. Calretinin expression in the differential diagnosis of human ameloblastoma and keratocystic odontogenic tumor
    Patricia DeVilliers
    Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 32:256-60
  10. Nucleolar organizer regions in selected odontogenic lesions
    Behnam Eslami
    Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Dental Research Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 95:187-92

Scientific Experts

Detail Information

Webpages5

  1. pathology, oral
    lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:112484
  2. medical subject headings for oral surgery: tufts university hirsh health sciences library
    www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/education/oralmesh.html
  3. ilium
    lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:62124
  4. ribs
    lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:62343
  5. success stories - osteosarcoma
    www.fccc.edu/whyChoose/successStories/osteosarcoma/index.htm ...

Publications62

  1. Relative frequency of central odontogenic tumors: a study of 1,088 cases from Northern California and comparison to studies from other parts of the world
    Amos Buchner
    Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 64:1343-52
    ..To determine the real relative frequency, further studies should be conducted, especially in Western societies, by experienced pathologists in the field of odontogenic tumors...
  2. Orofacial tumours in suburban Nigerian children and adolescents
    S B Aregbesola
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 43:226-31
    ..The most common benign soft tissue and jaw tumours were gingival epulis and ameloblastoma respectively. Of the malignant tumours 67 were lymphomas, 5 sarcomas and 2 carcinomas...
  3. Odontogenic tumors: a review of 319 cases in a Nigerian teaching hospital
    Akinola Ladipo Ladeinde
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 99:191-5
    ..058). CONCLUSIONS: Odontogenic tumors, especially ameloblastoma, are not considered rare among Nigerians, whereas odontoma, regarded as the most frequent odontogenic tumor in North and South America, is rare...
  4. Odontogenic tumours in Istanbul: 527 cases
    V Olgac
    Institute of Oncology, Department of Tumor Pathology and Oncological Cytology, Topkapi Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 44:386-8
    ..The posterior mandible was the commonest site (n=184, 35%), followed by the premolar area of the mandible (n=98, 19%), and the anterior maxilla (n=84, 16%)...
  5. Imaging approach for differential diagnosis of jaw lesions: a quick reference guide
    A Bernaerts
    Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
    JBR-BTR 89:43-6
    ..Additional criteria in the evaluation of jaw lesions are demarcation, morphological characteristics, cortical involvement, periosteal and soft tissue changes...
  6. Relative frequency of peripheral odontogenic tumors: a study of 45 new cases and comparison with studies from the literature
    Amos Buchner
    Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Oral Pathol Med 35:385-91
    ..Intraosseous tumors that perforate through the bone to the gingival tissue, clinically presenting as 'peripheral tumors' should be excluded...
  7. Hamartomatous proliferations of odontogenic epithelium within the jaws: a potential histogenetic source of intraosseous epithelial odontogenic tumors
    F Ide
    Division of Pathology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan
    J Oral Pathol Med 36:229-35
    ....
  8. [Comparison of clinical immunohistochemical findings in keratocystic odontogenic tumours and ameloblastomas considering their risk of recurrence]
    Oliver Driemel
    Universität Regensburg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund, Kiefer und Gesichtschirurgie, Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
    Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir 11:221-31
    ..3. Higher recurrence rate of KCOT in the patients examined is proposed due to less extensive resection...
  9. Calretinin expression in the differential diagnosis of human ameloblastoma and keratocystic odontogenic tumor
    Patricia DeVilliers
    Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 32:256-60
    ..Taken together, the results of this study strongly support calretinin as a useful immunohistochemical marker for ameloblastoma and malignant ameloblastoma and it can also be used in the differential diagnosis of KCOT...
  10. Nucleolar organizer regions in selected odontogenic lesions
    Behnam Eslami
    Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Dental Research Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 95:187-92
    ..CONCLUSION: AgNORs can be useful in the histopathologic differentiation of ameloblastomas from odontogenic cysts...
  11. Expression of basement membrane components in odontogenic tumors
    Sopee Poomsawat
    Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 104:666-75
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Laminin 1 may be a marker for odontogenic epithelium. Additionally, laminin 5 may be involved in ghost cell formation and initiation of calcification...
  12. [Radiologic features of desmoplastic ameloblastoma]
    S Wang
    Department of Radiology, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 36:253-5
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The desmopleatic ameloblastoma is a new type of ameloblastoma and exhibits some special characteristics radiologically and pathologically. It should be differentiated from osteofibroma and odontogenic myxoma...
  13. [Expression of Ki-67 antigen in ameloblastoma and its clinical significance]
    Bo Han
    Oral and Maxillofacial Department, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 21:153-4
    ..21% +/- 1.09%. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrated that the proliferation activity varied according to the histological pattern of ameloblastoma. The prognosis with different proliferation activity was also varied accordingly...
  14. Clinicopathological features of unicystic ameloblastoma with special reference to its recurrence
    Tiejun Li
    Department of Oral Pathology, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 37:210-2
    ....
  15. Application of dynamic MRI to differentiating odontogenic myxomas from ameloblastomas
    Jun ichi Asaumi
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools, Japan
    Eur J Radiol 43:37-41
    ..These results indicate that the dynamic MRI features of odontogenic myxomas are different from those of ameloblastomas. Therefore, dynamic MRI may be a useful tool for diagnosis of myxoma...
  16. Genetic expression profiling of six odontogenic tumors
    F Carinci
    Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ferrara
    J Dent Res 82:551-7
    ..01). The identified genes might help us better classify borderline odontogenic tumors...
  17. Immunohistochemical localization of large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in odontogenic tumor
    Yumi Ito
    Department of Oral Pathology, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan
    Med Electron Microsc 35:173-7
    ..These results indicated that versican might be involved in, at least in part, the morphogenesis of neoplastic epithelium and mesenchymal tissues in odontogenic tumors...
  18. The new classification of Head and Neck Tumours (WHO)--any changes?
    Peter A Reichart
    Oral Oncol 42:757-8
  19. [Expression of telomerase and p53 in ameloblastoma]
    Ming Zhong
    College of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110002, China
    Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 12:127-31
    ..536, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The positive ratios of hTR and hTERT were higher than p53 protein in AB. Telomerase activity and p53 expression play an important role in genesis and development of AB...
  20. Rational approach to diagnosis and treatment of ameloblastomas and odontogenic keratocysts
    Karen A O M Chapelle
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences (KUN, University of Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 42:381-90
    ..The treatment plan is based on a retrospective study of 19 ameloblastomas and similar published studies combined with a prospective study of keratocysts...
  21. [Expression of matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase in ameloblastoma]
    Ming Zhong
    Department of Pathology, College of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110002, China
    Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 12:427-31
    ..Imbalances of the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 protein maybe be one of the facts of the invasion of AB. The MMPs activation produced by stromal cells may be also be related to the invasion of AB...
  22. Beta-catenin mutations are frequent in calcifying odontogenic cysts, but rare in ameloblastomas
    Shigeki Sekine
    Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukuji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
    Am J Pathol 163:1707-12
    ..Although ameloblastoma closely resembles COC histologically, the two have genetically distinctive features...
  23. Clinicostatistical study of ameloblastoma treatment
    K Hatada
    1st Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-8502, Japan
    Bull Tokyo Dent Coll 42:87-95
    ..In fact, three quarters of our cases were lost to follow-up. Such losses can problems in confirming recurrence and responding rapidly...
  24. [Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase and bcl-2 in ameloblastoma]
    Jie Wang
    Department of Pathology, College of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110002, China
    Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 21:441-3
    ..Telomerase activity and bcl-2 expression play an important role in genesis and development of AB...
  25. [The treatment of choice for recurrent ameloblastoma]
    L Muvova
    Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale Cliniques, Universitaires de Kinshasa, Rép. Dém. du Congo
    Odontostomatol Trop 28:13-8
    ..The authors thus concluded that this surgical method still keeps its place of choice in the treatment of the repetitions of the ameloblastoma and that this factor has a prognostic value...
  26. [Serious jaw osteolytic lesions]
    L Junquera
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Central de Asturias, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
    Minerva Stomatol 52:53-6
    ..The more suitable surgical approach is presented, according to the forms of the disease...
  27. Usefulness of contrast enhanced-MRI in the diagnosis of unicystic ameloblastoma
    Hironobu Konouchi
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
    Oral Oncol 42:481-6
    ..CE-MRI was considered useful in the diagnosis of UA, as characteristic features of this type of lesion i.e., thick enhancement of the tumor wall and small intraluminal nodules were detected only by CE-MRI in the present study...
  28. Clinicopathologic spectrum of the so-called calcifying odontogenic cysts: a study of 21 intraosseous cases with reconsideration of the terminology and classification
    Tie Jun Li
    Department of Oral Pathology, School of Stomatology, Peking University, 22 South Zhongguancun Avenue, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, P R China
    Am J Surg Pathol 27:372-84
    ..A tentative scheme with respect to the terminology and classification for this group of disparately behaving lesions was herein proposed to reflect the likely difference of their nature...
  29. Differential expression of apoptosis-related proteins in various cellular components of ameloblastomas
    H Y Luo
    Department of Oral Pathology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 35:750-5
    ....
  30. Ameloblastoma in the Hong Kong Chinese. Part 1: systematic review and clinical presentation
    D S Macdonald Jankowski
    Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
    Dentomaxillofac Radiol 33:71-82
    ....
  31. [Expression of pRb and E2F-1 and telomerase activity in ameloblastoma.]
    Ming Zhong
    Department of Pathology, College of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110002, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 39:406-9
    ..The activity or release of telomerase may be related to the lower expression of Rb and higher expression of E2F-1, and is up-regulated in G(1) late phase by cyclin E...
  32. [Proliferating activity and differentiation between peripheral cells and central cells in ameloblastoma]
    Jinzhong Liu
    Department of Oral Pathology, College of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 37:62-4
    ..01). CONCLUSIONS: The peripheral zones of tumour nests or strands are regarded as proliferating areas; there exists a significantly different differentiation between central cells and peripheral cells...
  33. [The study of the invasive biologic behavior of ameloblastoma]
    Ming Zhong
    Department of Pathology, College of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110002, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 39:45-8
    ..309, 0.519, 0.381, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: AB is a high invasive tumor. The biological behavior of AB is related to lost or abnormal expression of E-cad, the high expression of MMP-2, MMP-9, and VEGF...
  34. Malignant ameloblastoma, spindle cell variant
    Richard J Zarbo
    Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
    Arch Pathol Lab Med 127:352-5
    ....
  35. International collaborative study on ghost cell odontogenic tumours: calcifying cystic odontogenic tumour, dentinogenic ghost cell tumour and ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma
    Constantino Ledesma Montes
    Oral Pathology Department, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, México
    J Oral Pathol Med 37:302-8
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that ghost cell odontogenic tumours comprise a heterogeneous group of neoplasms which need further studies to define more precisely their biological behaviour...
  36. Odontogenic tumours from two centres in Jamaica. A 15-year review
    C O Ogunsalu
    Oral Disease Unit, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
    West Indian Med J 52:285-9
    ..4%, a male). Of all these tumours, only ameloblastomas recurred. Further research is required to explain the high incidence of ameloblastoma, and why it has a predilection for people of low socioeconomic status in Jamaica...
  37. Tumors of the maxillofacial region in children: retrospective analysis and long-term follow-up outcomes of 90 patients
    Rezzan Tanrikulu
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
    Turk J Pediatr 46:60-6
    ..Mixed tumors were the most common type of the odontogenic tumors, and mesenchymal tumors were the most common non-odontogenic tumors. Surgical excision, curettage or en bloc resection were adequate for treatment of these tumors...
  38. Oral and maxillofacial tumours in north Jordanian children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis over 10 years
    T Al Khateeb
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, PO Box 3030, Jordan
    Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 32:78-83
    ..The majority of benign tumours in the young are probably developmental rather than true neoplasms...
  39. Combined benign odontogenic tumors: CT and MR findings and histomorphologic evaluation
    N Martin-Duverneuil
    Department of Neuroradiology, Charcot, GH Pitié-La Salpêtrière, 47, bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 22:867-72
    ..We report two cases of an exceptional combination of these tumors with either an ameloblastic fibroodontoma or an odontoma...
  40. Non-oncologic imaging of the oral cavity and jaws
    Kristine M Mosier
    Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 950 West Walnut Street, RII E124, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    Otolaryngol Clin North Am 41:103-37, vi
    ..This article reviews the imaging of common lesions and their variants, and reviews several rare but important lesions. Guidelines and algorithms for approaching the differential diagnosis are provided...
  41. Identification of RANKL in osteolytic lesions of the facial skeleton
    J Y Y Tay
    Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre, 5 Second Hospital Avenue, S168938, Singapore
    J Dent Res 83:349-53
    ..It can be concluded that RANKL plays a role in bone resorption in osteolytic lesions of the facial skeleton...
  42. The treatment of odontogenic keratocysts by excision of the overlying, attached mucosa, enucleation, and treatment of the bony defect with carnoy solution
    Paul J W Stoelinga
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PO Box 9101, University of Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63:1662-6
  43. Dynamic multislice helical CT of ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst: correlation between contrast enhancement and angiogenesis
    Katsuhiko Hayashi
    Department of Dentistry, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3 25 8 Nishi shinbashi, Minato ku, Tokyo 105 8461, Japan
    J Comput Assist Tomogr 26:922-6
    ..Furthermore, the Enh% obtained by dynamic MS-CT is correlated with the MVD in ameloblastomas and odontogenic keratocysts...
  44. [Quantitative study of the cellular nuclear DNA contents in odontogenic cysts and ameloblastoma]
    Enbo Wang
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
    Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 37:421-4
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The active cell proliferating growth in keratocyst and ameloblastoma is probably the pathological basis of their local aggressive biological behavior...
  45. Pathologically significant pericoronal lesions in adults: Histopathologic evaluation
    Alice E Curran
    University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, Jackson, MS, USA
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 60:613-7; discussion 618
    ....
  46. Keratocystic odontogenic tumour: reclassification of the odontogenic keratocyst from cyst to tumour
    Jonathan Madras
    Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
    J Can Dent Assoc 74:165-165h
    ..Future treatment may involve molecular-based modalities, which may reduce or eliminate the need for aggressive surgical management...
  47. Tumor suppressor in lung cancer-1 as a novel ameloblast adhesion molecule and its downregulation in ameloblastoma
    Yu Usami
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Surgical Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
    Pathol Int 57:68-75
    ..These results indicate that TSLC1 is a novel interameloblast adhesion molecule that may be downregulated during ameloblastic tumorigenesis...
  48. Expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in ameloblastomas
    Mitsunobu Ohtsuru
    Department of Oral Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259 1193, Japan
    Tokai J Exp Clin Med 30:233-9
    ..In addition, hypercalcemia and increase of serum PTHrP level was observed in one case of 8 ameloblastomas. It was suggested that PTHrP level may be associated with local bone infiltration and hypercalcemia in ameloblastoma...
  49. Assessment of ameloblastomas using MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
    Jun ichi Asaumi
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools, Shikata cho, Okayama 700 8525, Japan
    Eur J Radiol 56:25-30
    ....
  50. Does HPV play a role in the etiopathogenesis of ameloblastoma? An immunohistochemical, in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction study of 18 cases using laser capture microdissection
    Mario Migaldi
    Department of Pathologic Anatomy and Legal Medicine, Section of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy
    Mod Pathol 18:283-9
    ..The search for HPV 6 and 11 in the same specimens was also negative. In conclusion, our data do not support an etiopathogenetic evidence for HPV in ameloblastoma...
  51. Extensive ameloblastoma of the jaws: surgical management and immediate reconstruction using microvascular flaps
    Wolfgang Zemann
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
    Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 103:190-6
    ..This 1-step procedure decreases the number of surgeries and allows earlier prosthetic rehabilitation...
  52. Ameloblastomas of the jaws: clinico-pathological review of 11 patients
    A D Rapidis
    Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Greek Anticancer Institute, St Savvas Hospital, 171 Alexandras Ave, Athens 115 22, Greece
    Eur J Surg Oncol 30:998-1002
    ..5 years. CONCLUSION: Multilocular (solid) type of tumours should be approached with radical surgical treatment. Enucleation and rarely marsupialization can be applied selectively to unilocular ameloblastomas...
  53. Immunohistochemical detection of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in ameloblastomas
    Hiroyuki Kumamoto
    Department of Oral Medicine and Bioregulation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
    J Oral Pathol Med 32:114-20
    ....
  54. A study of the relationship between ameloblastoma and human papilloma virus
    Abbas Khodayari Namin
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taleghani Medical Health Sciences Center, Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran
    J Oral Maxillofac Surg 61:467-70
    ..005). None of types 8, 11, 16, 18, 31, and 33 were observed. CONCLUSION: The results of this research conclude that HPV could be regarded as a possible etiologic factor of ameloblastoma...
  55. Clinicopathological study of 100 Nigerian cases of ameloblastoma
    O Odukoya
    Department of Oral Pathology and Biology, School of Dental Sciences, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria
    Niger Postgrad Med J 15:1-5
    ..17 cm(3)/month) was the least aggressive. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between the various clinical types of ameloblastoma before a clinician proceeds with definitive treatment...
  56. Pathology of the desmoplastic ameloblastoma
    M Kishino
    Clinical Laboratory, Osaka University Dental Hospital, Suita, Japan
    J Oral Pathol Med 30:35-40
    ..From these findings, we presumed that the desmoplastic ameloblastomas might have developed in the periodontal membrane...