AMELOBLASTOMAS IN AFRICANS FROM TANZANIA AND UGANDA - A REPORT OF 56 CASES

The clinical and histological features of 56 ameloblastomas occurring in Africans from Tanzania and Uganda are reported. Attention is drawn to an apparent increase in frequency of this tumour in Africans. This increase may be due in part to harvesting of a tumour with a long natural history. The histological features are broadly similar to those seen in Caucasians but the granular cell variant is more common. Two adenoameloblastomas were noted in this series. This lesion appears to be a separate entity from classical ameloblastomas with a distinctive natural history and histological appearance. © 1969, The British Empire Cancer Campaign for Research. All rights reserved.