A Case Report of Peripheral –Type Ameloblastic Fibrodentinoma and a Review
Priyanka Agarwal *
Department of Oral Pathology, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Nirupama Kothari
Department of Pathology, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Pathologist SRL Diagnostics, Jodhpur, India.
Minoti Girdhar
Department of Pathology, Punjab University of Health Sciences, Pathologist SRL Diagnostics, Jodhpur, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma (AFD) is a rare benign tumor usually interpreted as a neoplasm similar to ameloblastic fibroma (AF), characterized by formation of dysplastic dentin on histopathological diagnosis. Peripheral –type ameloblastic fibro-dentinoma (PAFD) is exceedingly rare, with all previously reported cases involving young patients. We here report a case of PAFD occurring in upper gingiva of an 11-year old male child, which was surgically incised.
Keywords: Ameloblastic fibro-dentinoma, ameloblastic fibroma, peripheral –type ameloblastic fibrodentinoma.