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Shown below is a micrograph of ameloblastoma
Shown below is a micrograph of ameloblastoma
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[[Image:800px-Ameloblastoma_-_high_mag.jpg‎|400px]]
The image shows the characteristic features:
The image shows the characteristic features:


Islands of cells with palisaded nuclei that have reverse polarization.
* Islands of cells with palisaded nuclei that have reverse polarization.
Reverse polarization of nuclei = nuclei distant from the basement membrane/nuclei at pole opposite of basement membrane.
* Reverse polarization of nuclei = nuclei distant from the basement membrane/nuclei at pole opposite of basement membrane.
Palisaded nuclei = picket fence appearance; columnar-shaped nuclei with long axis perpendicular to the basement membrane.
* Palisaded nuclei = picket fence appearance; columnar-shaped nuclei with long axis perpendicular to the basement membrane.


Subnuclear vacuolization in palisading cell - vacuoles at the basement membrane aspect.
* Subnuclear vacuolization in palisading cell - vacuoles at the basement membrane aspect.
Loose stroma around the islands of cells.
* Loose stroma around the islands of cells.
Star-like cells at the centre of the islands of cells (stellate reticulum).
* Star-like cells at the centre of the islands of cells (stellate reticulum).


The six different histopathological variants of ameloblastoma are desmoplastic, granular cell, basal cell, plexiform, follicular, and acanthomatous.<ref name="Gruica">{{cite journal
The six different histopathological variants of ameloblastoma are desmoplastic, granular cell, basal cell, plexiform, follicular, and acanthomatous.<ref name="Gruica">{{cite journal

Revision as of 18:59, 6 March 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Shown below is the gross specimen of resected left half of mandible initiated at third molar.

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Histopathology will show cells that have the tendency to move the nucleus away from the basement membrane. This process is referred to as "Reverse Polarization". The follicular type will have outer arrangement of columnar or palisaded ameloblast like cells and inner zone of triangular shaped cells resembling stellate reticulum in bell stage. The central cells sometimes degenerate to form central microcysts. The plexiform type has epithelium that proliferates in a "Fish Net Pattern". Shown below is a micrograph of ameloblastoma

The image shows the characteristic features:

  • Islands of cells with palisaded nuclei that have reverse polarization.
  • Reverse polarization of nuclei = nuclei distant from the basement membrane/nuclei at pole opposite of basement membrane.
  • Palisaded nuclei = picket fence appearance; columnar-shaped nuclei with long axis perpendicular to the basement membrane.
  • Subnuclear vacuolization in palisading cell - vacuoles at the basement membrane aspect.
  • Loose stroma around the islands of cells.
  • Star-like cells at the centre of the islands of cells (stellate reticulum).

The six different histopathological variants of ameloblastoma are desmoplastic, granular cell, basal cell, plexiform, follicular, and acanthomatous.[1]


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References

  1. Gruica B, Stauffer E, Buser D, Bornstein M. (2003). "Ameloblastoma of the follicular, plexiform, and acanthomatous type in the maxillary sinus: a case report". Quintessence International. 34 (4): 311–4. PMID 12731620. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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