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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-159422
ABSTRACT
Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a variant of ameloblastoma and this entity is more common in second to third decade of life. It is very rare in children with <2.2% under the age of 10 years. Th is odontogenic tumor is most commonly encountered in the posterior mandible and is associated with an impacted tooth. Th e term plexiform UA refers to a pattern of epithelial proliferation that has been described in cystic lesions of the jaws. Here is a report of a rare case of intraluminal plexiform UA, in the right posterior mandible of an 8-year-old boy presented to our department.