- ameloblastic fibrosarcoma
- an odontogenic tumor that is the malignant counterpart to an ameloblastic fibroma, within which it usually arises. Called also ameloblastic sarcoma.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ameloblastic fibrosarcoma
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