Spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection in a case of ameloblastoma--a case report.
- Author:
D Coen PRAMONO
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Ameloblastoma; surgery; Bone Regeneration; physiology; Child; Humans; Male; Mandible; surgery; Mandibular Neoplasms; surgery
- From:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2004;33(4 Suppl):59-62
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
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Abstract:
INTRODUCTIONA case of spontaneous bone regeneration after mandible resection is reported.
CASE REPORTA 6-year-old boy suffered from ameloblastoma in his right mandible. Six months after haemimandibulectomy, a bone regeneration forming a new form of mandible is seen.
HISTOPATHOLOGYLamellar mature bone was observed. Resection of the large portion of the mandible as the choice of treatment as the tumor was grown extensively. Spontaneous bone regeneration after a mandible resection.
CONCLUSIONUnexpected spontaneous bone regeneration may be explained by the fact that periosteum, as the source of osteogenic cells, might be responsible for this process.
