Article
BRAF p.V600E status in epithelial areas of ameloblastoma with different histological aspects: Implications to the clinical practice.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 May 2021
Sant'Ana Maria Sissa Pereira, Dos Santos Costa Sara Ferreira, da Silva Maísa Pereira, Martins-Chaves Roberta Rayra, Pereira Thaís Dos Santos Fontes, de Oliveira Eduardo Morato, Martínez Pedraza Ricardo, de Castro Wagner Henriques, Gomes Carolina Cavaliéri, Gomez Ricardo Santiago, Fonseca Felipe Paiva
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: BRAF p.V600E is reported in up to 80% of ameloblastomas. Despite the high frequency, the presence of this mutation in different histopathological areas of the tumour has not been investigated. This information has an important role in the use of BRAF p.V600E assessment as an auxiliary...
Topics
- Ameloblastoma
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Mutation
- Odontogenic Cysts
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
