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Abstract
A mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion of the jaws with features of both a cyst and a solid neoplasm. It is characterized microscopically by an epithelial lining showing a palisaded layer of columnar basal cells, presence of ghost cell keratinization, dentinoid, and calcification. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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- Odontogenic Cyst, Calcifying
- Calcifying Odontogenic Cysts
- Cyst, Calcifying Odontogenic
- Cysts, Calcifying Odontogenic
- Odontogenic Cysts, Calcifying
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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neoplastic; coordinate with probably JAW NEOPLASMS or precoordinated jaw/neoplasm term
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- Odontogenic Cysts (1967-1993)
- Odontogenic Tumors (1966-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018333. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018333
- Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcifying_odontogenic_cyst
- Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5018774