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Hyalin Material Bounding Dystrophic Calcification in the Epithelial Lining of Odontogenic Cysts
Author(s) -
Allison R. T.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1977.tb01638.x
Subject(s) - calcification , pathology , dystrophic calcification , connective tissue , epithelium , anatomy , cyst , biology , medicine , chemistry
Areas of dystrophic calcification present in the epithelial lining of two apical periodontal cysts have been shown to exhibit an outer layer of hyalin material. Similar calcific areas in the connective tissue walls do not show hyalin boundaries. Hyalin material has been found around muscle fibers present in the epithelial lining of a residual dental cyst. It is believed that the hyalin material is secreted by the epithelial cells and these observations are considered to be supporting evidence that hyalin bodies arise as an epithelial secretion.