Fine needle aspiration cytology of ameloblastoma - A report of 10 cases

BACKGROUND: Utilization of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of odontogenic tumors seems to have attracted little attention. CASES: Ten cytologically diagnosed and histologically confirmed ameloblastoma cases were reviewed in order to establish whether it is possible to obtain a reliable cytologic diagnosis of ameloblastomas. CONCLUSION: Attention to the palisading arrangement of ameloblastlike epithelial cells and digitated, stellate reticulum-like cells may lead to the diagnosis of ameloblastoma. Ameloblastomas can be aspirated easily, and the cytologic features may be sufficiently distinctive.