Otro
Malignant ameloblastoma metastasis to the lung: a case report
Registro en:
Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology. New York: Mosby-elsevier, v. 105, n. 2, p. E42-E46, 2008.
1079-2104
10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.09.006
WOS:000253132200032
Autor
Senra, Giselle Segnini
Pereira, Andresa Costa
Santos, Lucio Murilo dos
Carvalho, Yasmin Rodarte
Brandão, Adriana Aigotti Haberbeck
Resumen
Ameloblastoma is an odontogenic tumor, usually benign, which rarely metastasizes to distant organs. The case of a 27-year-old white woman is described, who presented a metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma 7 years after the removal of a mandibular ameloblastoma. She presented no pulmonary symptoms, but a lung nodule was found in a chest x-ray during a routine check-up for job admission. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 2-cm well-defined solitary round nodule without calcifications, leading to the hypothesis of a metastatic tumor. Clinical and CT investigation confirmed no ameloblastoma recurrence in the jaw and no other primary tumor. The diagnosis of metastatic ameloblastoma was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of the pulmonary nodule.