Dentigerous Cyst or Ameloblastoma in Paediatric Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma? - A Rare Case Report
Received Date: Mar 03, 2016 / Accepted Date: Apr 04, 2016 / Published Date: Apr 11, 2016
Abstract
Most of the times paediatric patients report to the clinics with a chief complaint of decayed teeth, associated with pain and sometimes swellings, which regress after proper treatment. But dentist should be aware of unusual and rare pathologic conditions in children. These conditions sometimes are associated with hidden aggressive nature. These unusual and rare kinds of clinical conditions should also be included in differential diagnosis. Present case shows inadvertent finding of Unicystic Ameloblastoma (UA) in paediatric patient, which was asymptomatic and aggressive in nature. This case report shows diagnosis and surgical management of such type of lesions in paediatric patients.
Keywords: Paediatric patient, Unicystic ameloblastoma, Dentigerous cyst
Citation: Singh G, Banda NR, Patel A, Kandya A (2016) Dentigerous Cyst or Ameloblastoma in Paediatric Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma? - A Rare Case Report. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 6:227. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000227
Copyright: © 2016 Singh G, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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