title: Cystic variant of calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor.
abstract: The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor is a rare benign odontogenic neoplasm of the jaw. Clinically, calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor manifests as an intraosseous lesion (central type) in the majority of cases (95%). Extraosseous or peripheral lesions account for less than 5% of cases. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor can be associated with an impacted tooth and give a radiographic simulation of dentigerous cyst. Most calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumors are solid in nature, histopathologically, and might have few cyst-like spaces within them. However, a true cystic calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor is a rare possibility. We describe a case of a true cystic variant of calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor in a 30-year-old male, which to our knowledge, is only the second reported case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. niranjankc29@gmail.com
authors.forename: Niranjan Kochli
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Channappa
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnapillai
authors.forename: Jyothi Bellur Madhava
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018333:Odontogenic Cyst, Calcifying / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*