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| Glandular odontogenic cyst of posterior maxilla: A rare entity | ||||||
| LiFeng Li1,2, Pradeep Singh1,2, Ji Ping1,2, Xian Li1,2 | ||||||
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1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, No - 426, North Songshi Road, Yubei District, Chongqing City - 401147, People's Republic of China.
2Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China. | ||||||
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| Li L, Singh P, Ping J, Li X. Glandular odontogenic cyst of posterior maxilla: A rare entity. Int J Case Rep Imag 2016;7(4):254–260. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC) is uncommon jaw cyst of odontogenic origin with unpredictable and potentially aggressive behavior. It is a rare developmental cyst with relatively low frequency of just 0.012–0.03%. Very limited cases of GOC have been reported in literature since it was first described by Gardner et al. in 1988. GOC is found to occur in fifth decade of life and the most common site of occurrence is mandible, especially the mandibular anterior region with slight predilection for males. However, its occurrence in the maxillary posterior region of a 23-year-old female with associated symptoms of pain is quite rare.
Case Report: This case report presents one such rare case of GOC in right maxillary region of a 23-year-old female who was primarily diagnosed as a radicular cyst. Later, due to recurrence of the lesion, patient had to undergo enucleation and partial resection of posterior maxilla, and after a comprehensive histopathological analysis, it was finally diagnosed as GOC. Conclusion: In conclusion, Glandular odontogenic cyst being such a rare entity, this paper may enhance the existing knowledge about GOC and may guide readers and clinicians to pay special attention to similar cases when encountered in clinical work. | |
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Keywords:
Cytokeratin, Glandular odontogenic cyst (GOC), Ki-67, p53, Radicular cyst
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Author Contributions
LiFeng Li – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Pradeep Singh – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Ji Ping – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Xian Li – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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© 2016 LiFeng Li et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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