title: Calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor radiographically mimicking a sinus mucocele.
abstract: The calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor or Gorlin cyst is an uncommon lesion with a variable clinical behavior and considerable histopathologic diversity. The authors report a case of calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor that was being treated as a maxillary sinus mucocele. The possibility of mimicking numerous odontogenic and nonodontogenic lesions makes the calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor difficult for a clinical diagnosis. The present case demonstrates that a specific knowledge in oral pathology is required to differentiate odontogenic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Pernambuco Dental School (FOP/UPE), Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil. thiago.ctbmf@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Thiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Santana Santos
authors.forename: Riedel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frota
authors.forename: Emanuel Sávio
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: de Souza Andrade
authors.forename: Emanuel Dias
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: de Oliveira E Silva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D018333:Odontogenic Cyst, Calcifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed