Intraneural epithelial islands associated with a periapical cyst.
Epithelial islands associated with nerve bundles have been reported in the mandible and maxilla. An example of such intraneural rests is reported in association with a radicular cyst. The differential diagnosis of intraneural epithelial islands must include benign odontogenic rests, remnants of nasopalatine duct in the anterior maxilla, the organ of Chievitz, and neural invasion by a carcinoma.
D000328:Adult; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000473:pathology*