Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and comparative genomic hybridization analyses

  • Authors:
    • Shigeto Kawauchi
    • Yoshikazu Hayatsu
    • Mutsuo Takahashi
    • Tomoko Furuya
    • Atsunori Oga
    • Shin-ichiro Niwa
    • Kohsuke Sasaki
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2003     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.1.31
  • Pages: 31-34
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Abstract

Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma is a classification proposed for a group of rare odontogenic carcinomas with sarcomatoid components and is distinguished from odontogenic carcinosarcoma. We report a case of spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma of the right mandible that occurred in a 67-year-old Japanese man. Growth of the tumor was destructive, there was extensive lung metastasis, and the outcome was unfavorable. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical examination showed the spindle-cell component of the tumor to be epithelial in character. A gain of 5q with amplification of 5q13 was detected in the tumor by comparative genomic hybridization.

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January-February 2003
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Kawauchi S, Hayatsu Y, Takahashi M, Furuya T, Oga A, Niwa S and Sasaki K: Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and comparative genomic hybridization analyses. Oncol Rep 10: 31-34, 2003
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Kawauchi, S., Hayatsu, Y., Takahashi, M., Furuya, T., Oga, A., Niwa, S., & Sasaki, K. (2003). Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and comparative genomic hybridization analyses. Oncology Reports, 10, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.1.31
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Kawauchi, S., Hayatsu, Y., Takahashi, M., Furuya, T., Oga, A., Niwa, S., Sasaki, K."Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and comparative genomic hybridization analyses". Oncology Reports 10.1 (2003): 31-34.
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Kawauchi, S., Hayatsu, Y., Takahashi, M., Furuya, T., Oga, A., Niwa, S., Sasaki, K."Spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma: A case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and comparative genomic hybridization analyses". Oncology Reports 10, no. 1 (2003): 31-34. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.1.31