Carcinoma arising in a dentinogenic ghost cell tumor

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1992 Sep;74(3):371-8. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(92)90078-5.

Abstract

A 13-year-old black girl was referred for evaluation of a nonhealing extraction site of 2 years' duration. Radiographs revealed a large, irregularly shaped, mixed radiolucent/radiopaque lesion that occupied almost the entire left area of the maxilla and crossed the midline. Microscopic examination revealed irregular dentinoid material with odontogenic epithelium that exhibited ghost cell keratinization and anaplastic changes. The patient underwent a hemimaxillectomy, and 7 years after surgery she appears to be free of disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Odontogenic Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Odontogenic Tumors / pathology*
  • Odontogenic Tumors / surgery
  • Radiography