Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations
Ameloblastomas are locally aggressive jaw tumours with a high propensity for recurrence and are believed to arise from remnants of dental lamina or odontogenic epithelium. Extragnathic ameloblastomas are unusual, and primary sinonasal tract origin is very uncommon with few cases reported in the lite...
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| description | Ameloblastomas are locally aggressive jaw tumours with a high propensity for recurrence and are believed to arise from remnants of dental lamina or odontogenic epithelium. Extragnathic ameloblastomas are unusual, and primary sinonasal tract origin is very uncommon with few cases reported in the literature. We herein report a case of primary sinonasal ameloblastoma presented in a 74-year-old male with nasal obstruction, rhinorrhoea, and sinusitis. Nasal endoscopy showed the right nasal cavity completely obstructed by a polypoid lesion attached to the lateral nasal wall. A preoperative CT scan was performed showing a solid lesion, measuring 2 cm in the maximum diameter, extending from the nasopharynx area with obstruction of the ostiomeatal unit and sphenoethmoidal recess into the lateral pharyngeal space, laterally to the parotid, without continuity with maxillary alveola and antrum. The tumour was completely excised endoscopically, and a final diagnosis of ameloblastoma was rendered. At the 12-month followup, there was no evidence of recurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-542f7c752e9f41368a31fd68b59e541c2025-02-03T05:59:07ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/218156218156Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic ConsiderationsMaria Grazia Tranchina0Paolo Amico1Antonio Galia2Carmela Emmanuele3Vincenzo Saita4Filippo Fraggetta5Pathology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, ItalyUmberto I Hospital, Via Trieste 24, 94100 Enna, ItalyPathology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, ItalyPathology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, ItalyCervicofacial Surgery Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, ItalyPathology Unit, Cannizzaro Hospital, Via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, ItalyAmeloblastomas are locally aggressive jaw tumours with a high propensity for recurrence and are believed to arise from remnants of dental lamina or odontogenic epithelium. Extragnathic ameloblastomas are unusual, and primary sinonasal tract origin is very uncommon with few cases reported in the literature. We herein report a case of primary sinonasal ameloblastoma presented in a 74-year-old male with nasal obstruction, rhinorrhoea, and sinusitis. Nasal endoscopy showed the right nasal cavity completely obstructed by a polypoid lesion attached to the lateral nasal wall. A preoperative CT scan was performed showing a solid lesion, measuring 2 cm in the maximum diameter, extending from the nasopharynx area with obstruction of the ostiomeatal unit and sphenoethmoidal recess into the lateral pharyngeal space, laterally to the parotid, without continuity with maxillary alveola and antrum. The tumour was completely excised endoscopically, and a final diagnosis of ameloblastoma was rendered. At the 12-month followup, there was no evidence of recurrence.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/218156 |
| spellingShingle | Maria Grazia Tranchina Paolo Amico Antonio Galia Carmela Emmanuele Vincenzo Saita Filippo Fraggetta Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations |
| title_full | Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations |
| title_fullStr | Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations |
| title_short | Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations |
| title_sort | ameloblastoma of the sinonasal tract report of a case with clinicopathologic considerations |
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