Nadendla Lakshmi Kavitha
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Sreepuram, Narketpally, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Contemp Clin Dent. 2012 Oct;3(4):475-7. doi: 10.4103/0976-237X.107445.
Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) refers to those cystic lesions that show clinical, radiographic, or gross features of a mandibular cyst, but on histologic examination show a typical ameloblastous epithelium lining part of the cystic cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumor growth. It accounts for 5-15% of all intraosseous ameloblastomas. We report a case of UA in a 35-year-old female with an unusual large multilocular (tennis racket) appearance on the right body of mandible and illustrate the importance and complexity of differential diagnosis with a brief review of recent literature.
单囊性成釉细胞瘤（UA）是指那些具有下颌囊肿临床、影像学或大体特征的囊性病变，但组织学检查显示囊腔部分衬有典型的成釉细胞上皮，伴有或不伴有腔内和/或壁内肿瘤生长。它占所有骨内成釉细胞瘤的5% - 15%。我们报告一例35岁女性的UA病例，其右侧下颌骨体部呈现出不寻常的大的多房性（网球拍样）外观，并通过简要回顾近期文献来说明鉴别诊断的重要性和复杂性。
