Metastatic Ameloblastoma to the Liver: Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is a slow growing odontogenic epithelial neoplasm which originates from remnants of the dental lamina with a high recurrence rate, but a low tendency to metastasize. Locally invasive ameloblastoma is often aggressive and destructive, which erodes bone and invades adjacent structures. Despite a benign histology metastatic disease may occur and samples taken from metastatic tumor usually maintains the features of the original tumor. Ameloblastic carcinoma differs from ameloblastoma with malignant cytological features. Here we report an unusual case of ameloblastoma metastatic to lung and liver, unresponsive to systemic treatment with cisplatin and adriamycin, and well controlled with local surgical treatment. *Corresponding author: Lacin S, Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe Cancer Institute, Hacettepe University Sıhhiye Campus, Oncology Hospital 2nd Floor, Altındag, Turkey, Tel: +905321591069; E-mail: sahin81lacin@yahoo.com Received January 20, 2019; Accepted January 29, 2019; Published January 31, 2019 Citation: Lacin S, Dogrul A, Dikmen E, Kertmen N, Turker A, et al. (2019) Metastatic Ameloblastoma to the Liver: Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease. J Clin Case Rep 9: 1207. doi: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001207 Copyright: © 2019 Lacin S, 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.