Calcifying odontogenic cysts with intracellular amyloid-like material.
Intracellular deposits of amyloid as defined by positive Congo red staining with green polarization birefringence and standardized toluidine blue staining with pink-red polarization birefringence were observed in the epithelial lining of three cases of calcifying odontogenic cysts. It is suggested that this material is not true amyloid but, rather, a dengenerative product of the epithelial cells as has been described in calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (Pindborg tumor).
D000328:Adult; D000682:Amyloid / Q000032:analysis*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000473:pathology*
D000682:Amyloid