How to name it: a rare case of odontogenic cyst.
Odontogenic cysts and tumors are well-recognized entities to the specialist oral pathologist and they seldom pose problems in differential diagnosis. This paper deals with an aggressive cystic lesion in the maxilla of a 65-year-old male that was characterized by a large radiographically multilocular lesion and a multicystic pattern microscopically. The categorization of this lesion was complicated by the presence of features suggestive of both glandular odontogenic cyst and cystic ameloblastoma with aggressive histologic phenotypes.
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Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, India. salivaryduct@yahoo.co.uk
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D000368:Aged; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed