title: Peripheral odontogenic keratocyst: a report of 2 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Occurrence of a gingival cyst in adults that exhibits the histopathologic hallmarks of an odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of primary soft tissue OKC in an adult female are described. Both presented as an asymptomatic small nodule on the buccal gingiva of the anterior mandible.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After simple excision, no recurrence was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All available data indicate that, irrespective of the nomenclature, peripheral OKC should be included under the histopathological spectrum of gingival cysts in the adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery