Is There a Correlation Between Radiographic Presentation of Multilocularity and Aggressive Histology of Unicystic Ameloblastomas. – Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature
Published: 2021-06-02
Page: 82-91
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 1]
Sunil Sidana
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
Prachi Goyal
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
Srivalli Natarajan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
Shilpa Patel
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
Niharika Swain
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
Padmakar Baviskar
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MGM Dental College and Hospital, Junction of NH4 and Sion-Panvel Expressway, Sector 1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Pin 410 209, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Conventional or Solid/ Multicystic Ameloblastomas (SMA) are conventionally treated with resection while Unicystic Ameloblastoma (UA) is usually treated conservatively. Mural variety of UA has shown to be more aggressive and behaves similar to conventional ameloblastoma and is therefore advised to be treated aggressively. So treating a mural variety of unicystic ameloblastoma conservatively can lead to recurrence. Recurrence of multilocular ameloblastoma is high as compared to unilocular if treated conservatively. Does this hold true for multilocular unicystic ameloblastoma. Also, do multilocular ameloblastoma show aggressive mural type of lining on histopathology. We present two cases of multinodular unicystic ameloblastoma and try to correlate if multilocular unicystic ameloblastoma show aggressive histology from literature review.
Keywords: Unicystic ameloblastoma, multilocular radiolucency, mandible, maxilla, mural