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Short communication| Volume 50, ISSUE 5, e75-e77, July 2012

Peculiar case of orthokeratinised odontogenic cyst: a peripheral counterpart of the intraosseous entity?

  • Paolo Boffano
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    Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy
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  • Cesare Gallesio
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    Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy
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Published:October 17, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.09.019

      Abstract

      We describe a case of an orthokeratinised odontogenic cyst (OOC) in a 49-year-old man, which presented as a submucosal fluctuant, non-tender, soft nodule distal to the inferior right first molar that could be considered a peripheral counterpart of the intraosseous OOC.

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