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Rushton bodies
Monday 20 February 2017
Definition: Rushton bodies are acellular, eosinophilic, glassy structures specific to odontogenic cysts (commonly radicular, dentigerous, & odontogenic keratocysts) and seen within their epithelial lining.
Within the cyst epithelium of radicular cyst or dentigerous cyst , hyaline bodies of various sizes and shapes may be present, the so-called Rushton bodies.
Exclusive from odontogenic cyst
Images
https://twitter.com/ReneJaraM/status/978575748398243840
Rushton bodies in dentigerous cyst
Rushton bodies in periapical cyst / radicular cyst
- https://twitter.com/RikiSotillo/status/877114081395781633
- https://twitter.com/VijayPatho/status/877108315431460864
- https://twitter.com/VijayPatho/status/877235756640555010
Bilateral Paradental/Inflammatory Collateral Cysts in mandible (associated with 3rd molars)
See also
cysts of the jaws / jaw cysts
