| calcifying odontogenic cyst |
a slow-growing benign neoplasm either in the mandible or in the gingiva, varying from solid to soft and cystlike; the center contains a layer resembling stellate reticulum, with ghost cells, some of which have dystrophic calcification. Called also Gorlin's c.
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| calcifying odontogenic cyst |
A rare, well-circumscribed, solid or cystic lesion derived from odontogenic epitheliium that resembles follicular ameloblastoma but contains "ghost cells" and spherical calcifications.
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| calcifying epithelial odontogenic t. |
a rare benign odontogenic neoplasm of the jaw, particularly the mandible, believed to arise from the epithelial elements of the enamel organ. It is slow growing but potentially invasive and is characterized histologically by sheets of polyhedral epithelial cells with occasional Liesegang rings. Called also Pindborg t.
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| calcifying odontogenic c. |
a slow-growing benign neoplasm either in the mandible or in the gingiva, varying from solid to soft; the center contains a layer resembling stellate reticulum, with ghost cells, some of which have dystrophic calcification. Called also Gorlin's c.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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