本瘤是一种牙源性的肿瘤。文献中有不同的名称,如腺造釉细胞瘤、腺造釉细胞牙瘤、釉器上皮肿瘤、畸胎性牙瘤、囊性复杂性牙瘤等。以往曾把本瘤作为造釉细胞瘤的一型,但大量的临床资料和病理学研究证明,本病与造釉细胞瘤有明显的不同。1971年国际卫生组织(WHO)在牙源性肿瘤的组织类型中正式采用“牙源性腺瘤样肿瘤”的名称 This tumor is a odontogenic tumor. There are different names in the literature, such as glandular ameloblastoma, glandular ameloblastoma, enamel epithelium, teratoma, cystic complex dental tumor. In the past, this tumor was used as a type of ameloblastoma, but a large number of clinical data and pathological studies have shown that this disease is significantly different from ameloblastoma. In 1971, the International Organization of Health (WHO) formally adopted the name of “Odontogenic adenomatoid tumor” in the tissue type of odontogenic tumors.