Recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma in an elderly patient: A case report.

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) in an elderly patient. BACKGROUND: PA is a benign tumour that affects soft tissues of gingiva or edentulous alveolar areas, exhibiting histopathological characteristics of ameloblastoma. METHODS: A 79-year-old man showed a nodule in the edentulous right mandibular alveolar ridge diagnosed as recurrent PA. CONCLUSION: Clinicians should consider PA as a differential diagnosis of routine nodular lesions affecting the oral mucosa of geriatric patients.