Presentation
Hard painless left-sided facial swelling.
Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Ameloblastoma - mandible
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Well-demarcated expansive multiloculated "soap-bubble" lesion with solid enhancing component involving the ramus of the left mandible extending to the mandibular angle with cortical thinning and destruction. No extension to the adjacent structures.
Case Discussion
MRI features of mandibular expansive multiloculated "soap-bubble" lesion most consistent with ameloblastoma (biopsy-proven).
Ameloblastomas are benign tumors but locally aggressive with a high rate of recurrence.
Additional contributor: ZE. Boudiaf, MD, CIM Aurès, Batna, Algeria
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