[Cone-beam CT features of ameloblastomas]. To summarize and analyze the cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging features of ameloblastomas for clinical preoperative diagnosis.



Cone-beam CT
To summarize and analyze the cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging features of ameloblastomas for clinical preoperative diagnosis.


 Thirty-seven cases with complete data proven by pathology were retrospectively studied for distinct CBCT features.


 On CBCT images, the 37 cases were composed of 36 cases (97.3%) of intraosseous lesions (17 cases of multilocular lesions, 17 cases of unilocular lesions, and 2 cases of honeycomb lesion) and 1 case (2.7%) of extraosseous lesion (soft tissue lesion).  CBCT imaging yields accurate three-dimensional images of lesion shape and structure.  Therefore, CBCT can be usedfor the clinical diagnosis and surgical assessment of ameloblastoma.
CBCT
To summarize and analyze the cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging features of ameloblastomas for clinical preoperative diagnosis.


 Thirty-seven cases with complete data proven by pathology were retrospectively studied for distinct CBCT features.


 On CBCT images, the 37 cases were composed of 36 cases (97.3%) of intraosseous lesions (17 cases of multilocular lesions, 17 cases of unilocular lesions, and 2 cases of honeycomb lesion) and 1 case (2.7%) of extraosseous lesion (soft tissue lesion).  CBCT imaging yields accurate three-dimensional images of lesion shape and structure.  Therefore, CBCT can be usedfor the clinical diagnosis and surgical assessment of ameloblastoma.
CBCT