Basal Cell Ameloblastoma: Report of a Rare Case with Review of Literature Pendyala Siva Kumar1,*, Srinivasan Balamanikanda1, Kondreddy Kameswari4, Kumaresan Ramesh2, Venkatachalapathi S3 1Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, AIMST Dental College, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah state, Malaysia 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, AIMST Dental College, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah state, Malaysia 3Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Melaka Manipal Dental College, Melaka, Malaysia 4Lecturer, Department of Periodontics & Implantology, AIMST Dental College, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah state, Malaysia *Corresponding Author Email: drsiva77@gmail.com
Online published on 15 May, 2014. Abstract Ameloblastoma is a benign tumour of odontogenic epithelial origin with several histological variants comprising of follicular, plexiform, acanthomatous, desmoplastic, granular cell and basal cell types. Basal cell ameloblastoma (BCA) is the rarest histologic subtype in which the tumour is composed of numerous odontogenic epithelial islands supported by fibrous connective tissue stroma. It exhibits variations in the clinical course and histological features compared with the classic type of ameloblastoma. Till date, only 11 cases of BCA have been reported in the literature. Considering the rarity of the lesion, we report here a unique case of BCA occurring in the 8th decade with review of the literature of this rare variant. Top Keywords Basal cell ameloblastoma (BCA), Histological features, Mandible, Odontogenic tumours. Top |