Ameloblastic Fibroma

Ameloblastic fibroma is a benign jaw tumor of children (up to 25 years).

Properties

 * rare
 * grows slowly, enlarges the jaw (more often the mandible)
 * does not hurt
 * frequently occurs in the area of the canines and molars
 * grows centrally in the bone, grows expansively (cortical bone often disappears completely)
 * sometimes relapses
 * on X-ray it looks like a limited brightening
 * formed by proliferating epithelium, surrounded by mesenchymal tissue

Microscopy

 * various islands of cells formed in the fine connective tissue (alveolar, branching trees, etc.)
 * around sparse reticulum / fine connective tissue
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