10.6084/m9.figshare.6967655.v1 Joyce Natiele da SILVA Joyce Natiele da SILVA Cassiano Nogueira dos SANTOS Cassiano Nogueira dos SANTOS André Caroli ROCHA André Caroli ROCHA Marina Lara de CARLI Marina Lara de CARLI João Adolfo Costa HANEMANN João Adolfo Costa HANEMANN Alessandro Antônio Costa PEREIRA Alessandro Antônio Costa PEREIRA Extensive ameloblastoma in young patient: 5-year follow-up with no recurrence using conservative treatment SciELO journals 2018 Ameloblastoma Recurrence Therapy 2018-08-15 02:42:40 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Extensive_ameloblastoma_in_young_patient_5-year_follow-up_with_no_recurrence_using_conservative_treatment/6967655 <div><p>ABSTRACT Ameloblastoma is a benign, odontogenic tumor that, due to its low rate of incidence, slow growth and local invasiveness, can be treated with a variety of surgical approaches, ranging from conservative to radical procedures. The conventional variant of ameloblastoma, though, is more aggressive and common, presenting a higher rate of recurrence than the unicystic and extraosseous/peripheral types; usually, the treatment of choice for this variant employs more invasive procedures. This report is of a 13-year-old male patient who presented with a swelling on the posterior mandibular region, on the left side of his face. Intraoral examination revealed lingual displacement of teeth 36 and 37. The clinical, radiographic and histopathological analyses confirmed the diagnosis of ameloblastoma (plexiform histological type). The patient was treated with curettage and peripheral osteotomy and a 5-year follow-up examination showed the area to have healed completely, with no evidence of recurrence. Consequently, although the clinical management of ameloblastoma is often based on invasive surgical approaches, large tumors treated with conservative surgery are less aesthetically and functionally impaired, and may demonstrate good prognosis with no recurrence in the 5-year follow-up period, as in the case reported here.</p></div>