title: Unusual odontogenic keratocyst of the maxillary sinus.
abstract: An odontogenic keratocyst that eroded into the sinus through the maxillary bone and occupied it, showed replacement of the sinus respiratory epithelium by lesional epithelium, and was associated with fungal rhinosinusitis is presented. A review of the literature disclosed that epithelial replacement has been described in 2 previous case reports, although there is no report on the coexistence of odontogenic keratocyst with fungal rhinosinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Surgery, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. kchoupis@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houpis
authors.forename: Konstantinos I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Tosios
authors.forename: Stavroula
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merkourea
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krithinakis
authors.forename: Nicolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikitakis
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sklavounou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed