Satyabhusan N V V, Routray Samapika, Bendi Lavanya, Suresh B Venkat, Majumdar Sumit, Mohanty Neeta
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
J Clin Imaging Sci. 2013 Sep 30;3(Suppl 1):9. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.119156. eCollection 2013.
Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is one of the variants of ameloblastoma. It manifests as unilocular radiolucency in the mandible or maxilla on X-ray scans. In very rare cases, it can appear as a localized periradicular radiolucent area, imitating a periapical lesion. In this article, we present two cases of UA that were initially misdiagnosed as periapical lesions. Subsequently, surgical enucleation was performed and the diagnosis of UA was confirmed histopathologically.
单囊性成釉细胞瘤(UA)是成釉细胞瘤的一种变体。在X线扫描中,它表现为下颌骨或上颌骨的单房性透射区。在极少数情况下,它可表现为局限性的根尖周透射区,类似根尖周病变。在本文中,我们报告了两例最初被误诊为根尖周病变的UA病例。随后进行了手术摘除,并通过组织病理学确诊为UA。