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1: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008 Oct;106(4):e15-21. Epub 2008 Jul 25.Click here to read Links

Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma: expansile mixed radiolucent lesion in the posterior maxilla: a case report.

Zouhary KJ, Said-Al-Naief N, Waite PD.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO) is a benign tumor that displays properties of both ameloblastic fibroma and compound odontoma. Often, AFO presents clinically as a hamartoma or immature odontoma; however, the tumor can also present with progressive growth causing bone destruction and significant deformity, acting more like a true neoplasm. We report a case of a locally aggressive AFO in the posterior maxilla of a 7-year-old girl and discuss the clinical, radiographic, histopathologic, and conservative therapeutic approach to this locally aggressive tumor.

PMID: 18656394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]