PubMed · 6949177
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P P Targas, E Sicoli. 1981. [Ameloblastomas].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6949177/
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A case of a malignant ameloblastoma in a 49-year old Sri Lankan woman with widespread pulmonary metastases is presented, the diagnosis confirmed by needle biopsy. The current histological classification of odontogenic carcinomas and the management of metastatic pulmonary deposits are discussed.
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We investigated the expression of tenascin in a series of odontogenic tumours (n = 63) of epithelial and epithelial-ectomesenchymal origin by using immunohistochemical methods. A heterogeneity of expression of tenascin was observed in odontogenic tumours. The heterogeneity was most prominent in odontogenic tumours not forming calcified tissues. In these ameloblastomas and adenomatoid odontogenic tumours, tenascin was mainly localised at the epithelial tumour cell-mesenchymal tissue interface. In the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour, ameloblastic fibroma and odontoma, a widespread stromal immunoreactivity was observed which was, however, unreactive in the calcified masses. The stellate reticulum-like cells and granular cells of ameloblastoma also showed a positive immunoreactivity for tenascin. The results of the present study suggest that expression of tenascin in the stromal tissue of odontogenic tumours differs according to the potential of forming calcified masses by the tumour cells irrespective of tumour cell morphology.