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KMID : 0358919920190020507
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
1992 Volume.19 No. 2 p.507 ~ p.513
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Calcifying odontogenic cyst: a case report
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Abstract
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The calcifying odontogenic cyst is considered to occupy a position between a cyst and an odontogenic tumor-having some characteristics of both.
The calcifying odontogenic cyst is a slow-growing commpletely benign codintion. It occured with equal frequency in the maxilla and mandible, their review of cases showed that 47% occured before 31 years of ages, and that 75% of the lesions were
situated
anterior to the first molar teeth.
Most of the lesions are intrabony, but some occur in the soft tissue and may cause a saucering of the adjecent bone, unerupted teeth and root resorption were observed in approximately one of the cases. The radiographic appearance in of a cystlike
radiolucency containing quite distinct radiopaque foci. The microscopic picture is unique for an oral lesion and the cells above the basal layer are irregular in arrangement and surround nests or sheets of large ghost epithelial cells filled with
atypical-appearing keratin.
Since the calcifying odontogenic cyst has a tendency for continued growth, surgical enucleation is the treatment of choice. Recurrence occur on occasion.
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