Neoplastic Process
ameloblastic carcinoma
Definitions related to ameloblastic carcinoma:
  • (odontoma, ameloblastic, malignant) A malignant neoplasm arising from tooth-forming tissues with-enamel organ differentiation (but without enamel formation).
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A rare odontogenic tumor characterized by aggressive clinical course and local destruction, occurring in mandible more often than in maxilla. The most common symptom is a rapidly progressing painful swelling, but it may present as a benign cystic lesion or as a large, rapidly growing mass with ulceration, bone resorption and teeth mobility, as well. The tumor may metastasize, most commonly to the cervical lymph nodes and the lungs.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
  • A rare, cytologically malignant ameloblastoma that may metastasize.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A rare odontogenic tumor characterized by aggressive clinical course and local destruction, occurring in mandible more often than in maxilla. The most common symptom is a rapidly progressing painful swelling, but it may present as a benign cystic lesion or as a large, rapidly growing mass with ulceration, bone resorption and teeth...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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