Table 1

Theories of origin of Adamantinoma

Theory

Authors, year

1. Fetal crest

Fischer, 1913 [4]

2. Basal cell lineage, Trauma

Ryrie, 1932 [6]

3. Implantation

Dockerty and Meyerding, 1942 [7]

4. Unknown

Baker et al, 1954 [8]

5. Synovial cell like

Lederer and Sinclair, 1954 [9], Naji et al 1964 [10]

6. Angioblastic

Changus et al, 1957, Elliot 1962, Llombart bosch and Ortuno-pacheco, 1978, Reed, 1982 [11-14]

7. Mesenchymal

Vinogradova, 1969 [15]

8. Dermal inclusion

Lichtenstein, 1977 [16]

9. Epithelial cell

Jaffe, 1958, Saacebra et al, 1968, Rosai and Pincus,1982, Ishida et al,1992, Hazelbag et al, 1993, Jundt et al, 1995 [17-22]

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