Fine-needle aspiration cytology of ameloblastic carcinoma of the maxilla: A rare tumor

✍ Scribed by Ellis A. Ingram; Maria L. Evans; Robert P. Zitsch III

• Book ID: 102652804
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 544 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-1039
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199604)14:3<249::aid-dc10>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

This report describes the cytologic, histologic, and clinical features of an ameloblastic carcinoma of the maxilla occurring in an 83-yr-old white male. A jne-needle aspiration revealed malignant cells with a predominantly small cell type morphology. There were also a few cells of a second type which were more polygonal to spindled with oval to elongate nuclei. A focal amorphous blue-grey matrix was noted in association with these cells. Although the biopsy showed prominent areas of squamous metaplasia, no squamous cells were seen in the cytologic sample. Diagn