Volume 15, Number 1, March 2003
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Antonio Chi-kit Tong,1 Bill Sik-wing Yan,1 Philip Pun-ching Ip2
1Oral Maxillofacial Surgery & Dental Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
2Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract
The ideal treatment for multicystic ameloblastoma is surgical resection with a margin of normal bony tissue. However, curettage or enucleation of an easily accessible lesion in the body of the mandible is an acceptable alternative, provided that the patient is available for follow-up. We present a case of ameloblastoma recurring in the soft tissues after repeated curettage. This case illustrates that it is possible to treat ameloblastoma in accessible regions of the mandible by repeated curettage, thus sparing the patient the morbidity of more ablative surgery for many years. The latest recurrence was unusual in that the recurrent lesion was located solely within soft tissue.
Key words: Ameloblastoma, recurrence
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003;15:51-55.
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