Introduction
Ameloblastomas are the most common benign neoplasm of odontogenic nature that directly affects the jaws. Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) was first reported by Eversole et al. (1) in 1984 and was recently includedin the World Health Organization’s Classification of Head and Neck Tumors (WHO-2005). DA is a tumor with specific clinical, image, and histological features.
In additional, DA is a rare form of tumor and has been described in 115 cases in English literature (2). Radiographically, 50% of DA shows an image suggestinga benign fibro-osseous lesion (2,3). Eventually, the clinical-radiographic features of DA may be ignored by
surgeons and radiologists who more easily recognized the solid/multicystic variant of the ameloblastoma. Thus,to provide additional clinical-radiographic-histological data about DA, this article aims to describe a case of DA which occurred in the mandible of a 25 year-old man.