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Table I

Clinicopathological features of ameloblastoma and recurrence rate.

Sl
No
Author No of cases Avg Age
in years
Gender Location Radiographic features Diagnosis Treatment Avg time after T/t Contributing Factors For Recurrence Recurrence Rate
1 Hertog (2010) [5] 25
8/20
(5 year follow up)
34.4 Males-14
Females-11
Mandible-20
Maxilla-5
  Follicular- 10
Plexiform- 7
Conservative- 17
Radical-8
5 years   53% Conservative-8/15
Radical-None
2 Zhang et al. (2010) [6] 10/37 14.8
(all <18)
Males −23 Females- 14 Mandible
(100%)
Multilocular
16 cases (16/37, 43.2%), Unilocular- 21 (56.8%)
Unicystic −9
Solid-28
Follicular-
18 cases (48.7%),
Plexiform − 4
Conservative −29
(78.4%, 7 unicystic, 22 solid type)
Radical −8
(21.6%, 6 solid and 2 unicystic type)
3 months to
6 years
Conservative treatment 27%
(9 −solid type, 1 − unicystic type.)
3 Siar et al. (2012) [7] 340
18/135
  Male-197
Female- 143
Mandible- (n 311/340, -91.5%).
Maxilla
29
Multilocular radiolucencies (36.8%) Unicystic ameloblastomas- 95 (28%)
SMA- 221 (65%)
Desmoplastic ameloblastoma, 22 (6.4%)
and peripheral
ameloblastomas-2 (0.6%)
Enucleation (n 42/92,
45.7%)
    18 /135 cases (13.3%)
6 UAs (26.1%)
and 17 SMAs (73.9%)
4 Antonoglou (2014) [8] 35/229   NA Mandible −141
Maxilla-2
NA:86
  Multicystic −129
Unicystic −98
    Unicystic-
Radical-4%
Conservative-17%
Solid or multicystic
Radical −8%
Conservative–38%
 
5 Seintou et al. (2014) [9] 15/ 51 12.7
(<16)
Males −25
Females-26
44(86.3%)Mandible Root resorption,
36 (70.6%) were
unilocular, three (5.9%) were multilocular,
Unicystic ameloblastoma Enucleation
or enucleation–curettage- 31/51, 60.8%.
Margin resection-3
(5.9%)
4.4 years Conservative approach with enucleation
or excision
Recurrence: 29.4% (All cases were treated with enucleation or excision)
6 Bansal et al. (2015) [10] 1/39 13.6
(<18)
Males −26
Females-13
Mandible (97.4%); Multilocular radiolucencies in
12/ 39 cases (30.7%) and unilocular
radiolucencies in 23 (59.0%); one case
(2.6%) showed a mixed radio-opaque/radiolucent
lesion
Solid
variant-20
of 39 cases (51.3%)
Unicystic- 19 (48.7%)
Follicular −4
Plexiform −16
Conservative surgical treatment
(enucleation plus peripheral
ostectomy)
18 (5 solid, 13 unicystic)
Resection (segmental
or hemi-mandibulectomy and bone graft/
surgical plates)
15 (12 solid, 3
unicystic)
11 years Conservative treatment 2.6%
7 Singh T et al. (2015) [11] 6/41 43 Males −26
Females-
15
Mandible 33
(80.5%) compared to the maxilla- 8(19.5%)
  SMA most common subtype
(34 cases), followed by the UA (6 cases).
SMA-30(85.3%)
radical treatment (surgical resection), 4
14.7% treated conservatively
UA- cons 4(66.7%)
rather than with surgical resection 2(33.3%).
8.5 years   SMA: 14.7%
Conservative T/t −60%
Radical T/t- 6.9%
UA- 33.3%(2)
8 Almeida (2016) [4] 116/394 37 Males −179
Females-
215
Mandible (90%)   Multicystic
66/116
were follicular ameloblastoma, 21/116 were
plexiform ameloblastoma
Cons −245
Rad-149
Within 5 years   29.4%
Conservative T/t − 98(40%)
Radical T/t-18(12%)
9 Milman (2016) [12] 16/23 56 Males-19
Females-4
Maxilla with orbital extension   Follicular (45%) and plexiform(41%)
Basal cell like(9%) and mixed (4.5%)
Conservative T/t −14
Radical T/t −7
3.8 years   Recurrence-70%
Conservative T/t-57%
Radical T/t-29%
10 Laborde A et al. (2017) [13] 9/27 46.3 ±17.4 17 Males-17
Females-7
Mandible: 20 patients (74.1%)
Maxilla 7
Follicular (29.6%) and plexiform (22.2%)
MC-10
UC-15
Recurrence: Conservative treatment 22 and Radical treatment 14 case –- Conservative treatment 33%

Avg: Average; T/t: treatment; UA: Unicystic ameloblastoma; SMA: Solid multicystic ameloblastoma; MC: Multicystic; UC: Unicystic; M:F-Male:Female; NA: Not available.

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