A multirecurrent ameloblastoma metastatic to the lung.

INTRODUCTION: The ameloblastoma is a rare tumor of odontogenic epithelial origin. It is a neoplasm in which ameloblastic features are revealed by the primary growth in jaws and by any metastatic growth. Recurrences are usually local and distant metastases are rare. We present a case of a multirecurrent ameloblastoma of the mandible metastatic to the lung. OBSERVATION: We present a case of a mandibular malignant ameloblastoma in a 42-year old man with widespread pulmonary metastases. Some of these lesions were treated surgically. DISCUSSION: Ameloblastoma metastasis often occurs in the lung. The curative treatment is surgical. The results of palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy are not always efficient.