Question 346 · LDEK · Malignant tumors
Indicate the true statement regarding ameloblastic carcinoma (AC):
- A. AC most commonly occurs in the anterior maxilla and affects mostly women.
- B. the incidence of lymph node metastasis is greater than that of lung metastasis.
- C. AC can arise de novo or on a pre-existing ameloblastic carcinoma.
- D. treatment includes mostly chemotherapy and rarely bone resection.
- E. prognosis is poorer for patients with AC localized in the mandible than for those with AC localized in the maxilla.
Hint
Ameloblastic carcinoma may develop as a primary lesion or by malignant change in a benign odontogenic precursor.
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