Calcifying odontogenic cyst. A review and analysis of seventy cases.
Six new cases of the calcifying odontogenic cyst are presented. These and sixty-four previously reported cases have been studied to further delineate characteristic clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic features of the calcifying odontogenic cyst. A review of the literature with emphasis on the possible histogenesis of the calcifying odontogenic cyst and the nature of the "ghost cells" and their products is also presented.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography