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Volume 6 Issue 7 (July, 2018)
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Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Cyst - A Case Report | |
V. Swabna, B.Sekar, Maya Ramesh, B.S. Saravanan | |
Calcifying odontogenic cyst or Gorlin cyst, was first described by Gorlin. It is an unusual and unique lesion, which may show characteristics of both a solid neoplasm and a cyst.This lesion occurs intraosseously as well as extraosseously, with about equal frequency in the mandible and maxilla (1:1). It has also been said that both the “calcifying odontogenic cyst” and the calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor share a process of epithelial proliferation with subsequent calcification of some portions. Histologically calcifying cystic odontogenic cyst consists of ameloblastoma -like odontogenic epithelium with reverse polarization and calcifying ghost cells overlying a mature connective tissue with odontogenic rest. In this case report a middle aged patients lesion in the mandible is been discussed. Received: 2 May 2018 Revised: 16 May 2018 Accepted: 17 May 2018
This article may be cited as: Swabna V, Sekar B, Ramesh M, Saravanan BS. Calcifying Epithelial Odontogenic Cyst - A Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2018;6(7):31-33. |
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