Maxillofacial Radiology 205

A 13-year-old male patient presented with a painless expansile swelling of the anterior mandible. Radiographic examination showed a unilocular radiolucent lesion resulting in bony expansion and teeth displacement (Figure 1). The lesion was biopsied and histological examination showed a conventional ameloblastoma. The lesion was marsupialised and was followed up over a period of 96 months (Figure 2-5). Subsequent signs of bone fill and absence of the lesion was noted for the follow-up period of 12 months (Figure 3). The lesion, however, recurred after 68 months with greater amounts of expansion compared to the initial presentation (Figure 4,5).