2019 Volume 65 Issue 11 Pages 763-767
We report a case of ameloblastoma in the maxilla of an 8-year-old child. The patient complained of swelling involving the right side of the maxilla. Computed tomography revealed a unilocular radiolucency involving the second premolar in the right deciduous molar region of the maxilla. The lesion was diagnosed as ameloblastoma by an incisional biopsy. The lesion was enucleated with the patient under general anesthesia. The histopathologic diagnosis was an ameloblastoma, unicystic type. There has been no evidence of recurrence 2 years after surgery.
Although reports of ameloblastomas in the maxilla of patients younger than 10 years are exceptionally rare, adequate diagnosis and treatment should be undertaken while keeping in mind the possibility of this disease occurring in young children.
