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cyt of the jaws with calcifications
Sunday 6 December 2020
calcified cyt of the jaws
Examples
keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) or calcifying odontogenic cyst
- A calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor (CCOT) is a proliferation of odontogenic epithelium and scattered nests of ghost cells and calcifications that may form the lining of a cyst, or present as a solid mass.
- It was previously described by Gorlin et al in 1962 as a calcifying odontogenic cyst.
dentigerous cysts with calcification mimicking odontogenic tumors
- dentigerous cysts with dystrophic calcification
See also
dentigerous cyst
- Dentigerous cysts are developmental odontogenic jaw cysts, commonly manifesting in the second and third decades of life.
