Congenital peripheral ameloblastic fibroma with intraosseous involvement in a 2-week-old infant: A case report with review of literature

• Main Authors: Sabina Langer, Monisha Choudhury, Savita Agarwal, Parvesh Mehra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
• Subjects: Ameloblastic fibroma; odontogenic tumors; peripheral
• Online Access: http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2015;volume=33;issue=4;spage=351;epage=354;aulast=Langer

Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare, slow-growing benign mixed odontogenic tumor. It constitutes 2% of odontogenic tumors and is reported to occur at an age ranging from 6 months to 42 years. The youngest being a 7-week-old infant. We report a case of peripheral ameloblastic fibroma in a 2-week-old infant. The lesion presented since birth. It involved the maxilla with an extraosseous component involving the gingiva. A more or less conservative surgical approach of enucleation and curettage of the lesion was done under general anesthesia, trying to conserve the adjacent tooth buds. Only a few cases of congenital peripheral ameloblastic fibroma have been reported so far.