Open AccessQuantitative assessment of silver-stained nucleolar organizer region in odontogenic cysts to correlate the growth and malignant potentiality
Author(s) -
Sailendra Nath Biswas,
Ranjan Rashmi Paul,
Jharna Ray,
Swapan Majumdar,
Divya Uppala
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_181_15
Subject(s) - keratocyst , radicular cyst , dentigerous cyst , pathology , cyst , odontogenic , odontogenic cyst , stain , h&e stain , biology , nucleolus organizer region , silver stain , staining , medicine , nucleolus , biochemistry , cytoplasm
The most common and important odontogenic cyst involving jaws is the odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) or primordial cyst, the dentigerous cyst and the radicular cyst. These cysts all though do not show similar behavior, they all have the potentiality to recur. Silver nitrate staining of the nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) of the benign and malignant lesions is becoming very useful as a diagnostic indicator. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the diagnostic potential of AgNORs in the cystic epithelium of common odontogenic cysts.