TY - JOUR
T1 - Ameloblastic carcinoma of the mandible with metastasis to the skull and lung
T2 - Advanced imaging appearance including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography computed tomography
AU - Devenney-Cakir, B.
AU - Dunfee, B.
AU - Subramaniam, R.
AU - Sundararajan, D.
AU - Mehra, P.
AU - Spiegel, J.
AU - Sakai, O.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - Ameloblastic carcinoma is a very rare malignant odontogenic tumour with characteristic histopathological and clinical features, which requires aggressive surgical treatment and surveillance and, therefore, differs from ameloblastoma. Metastasis typically occurs in the lung. Only one patient with metastasis to the skull has previously been described and no prior case reports have presented MRI and positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) imaging findings. We describe a case of ameloblastic carcinoma with metastasis to the skull and lung with emphasis on imaging features including MRI and PET-CT.
AB - Ameloblastic carcinoma is a very rare malignant odontogenic tumour with characteristic histopathological and clinical features, which requires aggressive surgical treatment and surveillance and, therefore, differs from ameloblastoma. Metastasis typically occurs in the lung. Only one patient with metastasis to the skull has previously been described and no prior case reports have presented MRI and positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) imaging findings. We describe a case of ameloblastic carcinoma with metastasis to the skull and lung with emphasis on imaging features including MRI and PET-CT.
KW - Ameloblastic carcinoma
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Odontogenic tumour
KW - Positron emission tomography computed tomography
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U2 - 10.1259/dmfr/29356719
DO - 10.1259/dmfr/29356719
M3 - Article
C2 - 20841465
AN - SCOPUS:77956924334
SN - 0250-832X
VL - 39
SP - 449
EP - 453
JO - Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
JF - Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
IS - 7
ER -