American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 64-69 , January 2003

Ameloblastic carcinoma: Report of an aggressive case with multiple bony metastases

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    (A) Ameloblastic carcinoma. Tumor grows in angulated nests and clusters with peripheral polarization of nuclei (short arrow) and discohesion of cells within the center of the tumor nests (long arrow).

    (A) Ameloblastic carcinoma. Tumor grows in angulated nests and clusters with peripheral polarization of nuclei (short arrow) and discohesion of cells within the center of the tumor nests (long arrow). (B) Higher magnification showing small tumor cells with basaloid features (arrow).

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    Electron microscopy. Tumor cells show part of a junctional complex (J), numerous granules of glycogen (g) and mitochondria (M).

    Electron microscopy. Tumor cells show part of a junctional complex (J), numerous granules of glycogen (g) and mitochondria (M).

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    Bone scan revealing multiple bone metastases.

    Bone scan revealing multiple bone metastases.

☆ Address correspondence to: Wesley L. Hicks Jr, MD, Department of Head and Neck, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263. E-mail: wesley.hicks@roswell park.org.

PII: S0196-0709(02)32417-7

doi: 10.1053/ajot.2003.15

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 64-69 , January 2003

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