Conservative treatment of large unicystic ameloblastoma in a young patient: a 7-year follow-up

• Autor(a) principal: de Freitas, George Borja
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Lacerda-Santos, Jhonatan Thiago, de Andrade, Evelyne Pedroza, Neves, Riedel Frota Sá Nogueira, dos Santos, Stefanny Torres, Valério, Gabriel Mendes, Montalli, Victor Ângelo, Sobreira, Talvane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Health Review
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BJHR/article/view/66814
• topic: oral surgery; ameloblastoma; conservative treatment

The unicystic ameloblastoma is an odontogenic tumor that is frequently found in young patients and usually affects the posterior region of the mandible. This paper aimed to describe a case report and 7-year follow-up of a young patient. The 12-year-old patient presented with increased volume in the lower third of the right hemiface with a duration of 6 months. Radiographic examination showed a unilocular radiolucent lesion extending along the body, angle and right mandibular ramus. An incisional biopsy was performed and a histological diagnosis of luminal unicystic ameloblastoma was obtained, opting for a conservative treatment with decompression and subsequent complete enucleation of the lesion. The patient has been under follow-up for 7 years, with a good evolution of the condition and without clinical and radiographic signs of recurrence of the lesion. Thus, it is ratified that timely conservative intervention and conservative surgical treatment should be the first choice for ameloblastoma management in young patients.