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Gerodontology
; 36(1): 78-81, 2019 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30779401
RESUMO
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.