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Maxillary ameloblastic carcinoma in a child.

Yazici N, Karagöz B, Varan A, Yilmaz T, Oztürk A, Usubütün A, Büyükpamukçu M

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey. nalanyaz@yahoo.com

We report an extremely rare occurrence of ameloblastic carcinoma located in the maxilla of a pediatric patient. Wide surgical resection was done along with adjuvant radiotherapy because of involved surgical margins. Histopathological diagnosis was established with morphological features of both ameloblastoma and carcinoma.

Published 26 November 2007 in Pediatr Blood Cancer, 50(1): 175-6.
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