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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Links

References

• LIŠKA, Karel. Orofacial pathology. 1st edition. 1983.  ISBN 3180840161 .