Psammomatoid ossicles in odontogenic keratocyst: A rare and unusual phenomenon.
Odontogenic cysts
Odontogenic keratocyst
Psammoma bodies
Journal
Oral oncology
ISSN: 1879-0593
Titre abrégé: Oral Oncol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9709118
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
20
10
2023
accepted:
30
10
2023
medline:
24
11
2023
pubmed:
5
11
2023
entrez:
4
11
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC) is characterized by pathognomonic histomorphological features and rarely exhibits significant deviations. We present a case of OKC of mandibular posterior region in a 25-year-old female patient. In addition to the classical histopathological characteristics of OKC, the connective tissue near the juxta-epithelial area displayed numerous small round basophilic calcifications resembling psammomatoid ossicles. These calcifications displayed a focal distribution pattern, with round calcifications evenly spaced from each other. Some of these round calcified bodies bore a resemblance to Liesegang ring calcifications. The presence of psammomatoid ossicles in this specific OKC challenges established knowledge, emphasizing the necessity for more comprehensive investigations into these cystic variants especially related to their biological behavior.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37924744
pii: S1368-8375(23)00314-7
doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106618
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106618Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.