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Simultaneous occurrence of a calcifying odontogenic cyst and its malignant transformation
Author(s) -
Ikemura Kunio,
Horie Akio,
Tashiro Hideo,
Nandate Masayuki
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19851215)56:12<2861::aid-cncr2820561224>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant transformation , maxilla , cyst , calcification , lesion , pathology , odontogenic tumor , odontogenic , ameloblastoma , anatomy
The authors report a 48‐year‐old woman with a lesion in the maxilla, where a typical calcifying odontogenic cyst and a malignant tumor occurred simultaneously. She was diagnosed as having a malignant calcifying odontogenic cyst (tumor). The patient died of intracranial extension 20 months after diagnosis. Metastases were not detected.