[Analysis of misdiagnosis of calcifying epithelioma in oral and maxillofacial-head and neck region].
Eight patients misdiagnosed as calcifying epithelioma during 2003-2008 at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Cangzhou Central Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The pertinent literatures were reviewed and the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, imaging performance and differential diagnosis of calcifying epithelioma were discussed.
Liu
Guo-lin
GL
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061001, China.
Yan
Wei
W
Shi
Bing-xia
BX
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies