Magister Chirurgiae Dentium (MChD) / Robinson and Martinez first introduced the entity of unicystic ameloblastoma in 1977. Since
then numerous case reports and series have been published. The evidence suggests that a
more conservative approach can be used successfully to treat the unicystic ameloblastoma.
The term unicystic is derived from the macro- and microscopic appearance of the lesion,
whereas the term unilocular is used in radiological interpretation to describe a radiolucency
having one loculus or compartment. Much confusion stems from the fact that a unicystic
ameloblastoma might appear not only as a unilocular lesion, but also as what is often
interpreted as a multilocular bone defect.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/9059 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Singh, Suvir |
| Contributors | Shear, M |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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