Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Case Report(s)

Authors

1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadouhji University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran

3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran

4 Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Abstract

Amebloblastoma as the most common epithelial odontogenic neoplasm may occur in two forms of central and peripheral. This report presents a case of a 41-year-old Iranian female with a six-month complaint from a painless mass in the right posterior portion of the mandible. The case was diagnosed as an exophytic epulis-like peripheral component with characteristics of peripheral ameloblastoma and an intrabony component like solid ameloblastoma. Two probable hypotheses considered for this case is also discussed.

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