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ameloblastic fibrosarcoma

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fibrosarcoma /fi·bro·sar·co·ma/ (-sahr-ko´mah) a malignant, locally invasive, hematogenously spreading tumor derived from collagen-producing fibroblasts that are otherwise undifferentiated.
ameloblastic fibrosarcoma  an odontogenic tumor that is the malignant counterpart to an ameloblastic fibroma, within which it usually arises.
odontogenic fibrosarcoma  a malignant tumor of the jaws, originating from one of the mesenchymal components of the tooth or tooth germ.
ameloblastic fibrosarcoma
n.
A rapidly growing, painful, destructive tumor of the jaw that usually arises through a malignant change in a benign fibroma. Also called ameloblastic sarcoma.


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