| 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.
Ãâó: www.dental.mu.edu/oralpath/opgloss.html
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