Recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma in an elderly patient: A case report.

Objective: To report a case of recurrent peripheral ameloblastoma (PA) in an elderly patient.

Background: PA is a benign tumour that affects soft tissues of gingiva or edentulous alveolar areas, exhibiting histopathological characteristics of ameloblastoma.

Methods: A 79-year-old man showed a nodule in the edentulous right mandibular alveolar ridge diagnosed as recurrent PA.