Metastasizing Ameloblastoma Mimicking Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung and Harboring an AKT1 Mutation.

Abstract excerpt

We present a case of a 41-year-old non-smoker male patient presenting with ameloblastoma which metastasized to the lung 14 years post excision of the primary mandibular tumor. A biopsy of the pulmonary mass was initially diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma by a non-specialist pathologist who was not provided a history of the patient's prior ameloblastoma diagnosis. The patient subsequently underwent neoadjuvant...

Topics

• Humans
• Male
• Adult
• Lung Neoplasms
• Ameloblastoma
• Mandibular Neoplasms
• Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt