A pigmented calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor

Yasemin ÖZLÜK Yersu KAPRAN; Ahmet Bülent KATİBOĞLU; Cem TANYEL

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2007, Volume 23, Number 2, Page(s) 111-115

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A pigmented calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor

Yasemin ÖZLÜK¹ Yersu KAPRAN¹, Ahmet Bülent KATİBOĞLU², Cem TANYEL²

¹Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, ISTANBUL
²Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Surgery, ISTANBUL

Keywords: Odontogenic tumor, calcifying odontogenic cyst, pigment, melanin, melanocytes

A case of a pigmented calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor (CCOT) localized in the mandible occuring in a 16-year-old white female - is reported, and the characteristic histomorphologic features of CCOT and the pathogenesis of melanin and melanocytes present in the pigmented type is discussed under the light of histochemical and immunohistochemical data.

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