title: Carcinoma arising in a dentinogenic ghost cell tumor.
abstract: A 13-year-old black girl was referred for evaluation of a nonhealing extraction site of 2 years' duration. Radiographs revealed a large, irregularly shaped, mixed radiolucent/radiopaque lesion that occupied almost the entire left area of the maxilla and crossed the midline. Microscopic examination revealed irregular dentinoid material with odontogenic epithelium that exhibited ghost cell keratinization and anaplastic changes. The patient underwent a hemimaxillectomy, and 7 years after surgery she appears to be free of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Patient Services, Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry, Augusta.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: O Carroll
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography