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CASE REPORT
Unicystic ameloblastoma arising from a residual cyst
  1. Amit D Mahajan1,
  2. Bhari Sharanesha Manjunatha2,
  3. Neha M Khurana2,
  4. Navin Shah1
  1. 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
  2. 2Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
  1. Correspondence to Professor Bhari Sharanesha Manjunatha, drmanju26{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Intraoral swellings involving alveolar ridges in edentulous patients are clinically diagnosed as residual cysts, traumatic bone cysts, Stafne's jaw bone cavity, ameloblastoma and metastatic tumours of the jaw. This case report describes a residual cyst in a 68-year-old edentulous male patient which was enucleated and histopathologically confirmed as a unicystic ameloblastoma.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-205157

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