Case Report

Ameloblastic Carcinoma in a 2-Year-Old Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Published pediatric cases of AC (1932 to 2019).

CaseAuthorsAge (y)GenderSiteInitial signsTreatmentFollow-up (mo)Metastasis/recurrenceDead/alive

1Spring (1932) [17]5MaleMandibleNot mentionedNot mentioned168BoneDead
2Villa (1958) [18]17MaleMandibleSwellingNot mentioned0Alive
3Herceg and Harding (1972) [19]9MaleMandibleNot mentionedNot mentioned121Lung+liver+lymph nodeDead
4Höltje and Donath (1977) [7]4MaleMandibleNot mentionedNot mentioned36Dead
5Krempien et al. (1979) [20]5.5MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery144LungAlive
6Nadimi et al. (1986) [21]15FemaleMaxillaNot mentionedSurgery0Alive
7Corio et al. (1987) [10]15MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery12Alive
8Corio et al. (1987) [10]17MaleMandiblePain, swelling, dysphoniaSurgery12RecurrenceAlive
9Hall et al. (2007) [22]15MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery196RecurrenceAlive
10Hall et al. (2007) [22]16MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery288Alive
11Hall et al. (2007) [22]7FemaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery119RecurrenceAlive
12Hall et al. (2007) [22]17FemaleMandibleSwellingSurgery122RecurrenceDead
13Yazici et al. (2008) [23]10MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery+radiotherapy6Alive
14Reid-Nicholson et al. (2009) [24]15MaleMandibleSwellingSurgeryNot mentionedLymph nodeNot mentioned
15Cherry et al. (2009) [25]16MaleMandibleSwelling, painSurgery+radiotherapyNot mentionedBrain+lungAlive
16Ndukwe et al. (2010) [26]16MaleMandibleNot mentionedSurgeryNot mentionedNot mentioned
17Ndukwe et al. (2010) [26]16FemaleMandibleNot mentionedSurgeryNot mentionedNot mentioned
18Devenney-Cakir et al. (2010) [27]16MaleMandibleSwelling, trismusSurgery+radiotherapy48Brain+lungAlive
19Horváth et al. (2012) [28]8FemaleMandiblePainChemotherapy8Lung+boneDead
20Yoshioka et al. (2013) [29]17MaleMandibleSwellingSurgery39Lung+recurrenceDead
21Sozzi et al. (2014) [6]14MaleMaxillaSwellingSurgery24Alive
22Fahradyan et al. (2019) [30]15MaleMandibleSwellingSurgery30Alive