Bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: A report of two cases

The designation “keratocyst” was used to describe any jaw cyst in which keratin was formed to a large extent. A rare incidence of bilateral mandibular cysts (odontogenic keratocysts) was related to third molar teeth. Herein, we report two cases of bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor in a 22-yea...

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Autores principales: Srivatsan, K. S., Kumar, Vikas, Mahendra, Ashish, Singh, Preeti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25298727
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.140186
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author Srivatsan, K. S.
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description The designation “keratocyst” was used to describe any jaw cyst in which keratin was formed to a large extent. A rare incidence of bilateral mandibular cysts (odontogenic keratocysts) was related to third molar teeth. Herein, we report two cases of bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor in a 22-year-old male and 15-year-old female, which was diagnosed by a series of investigations and treated appropriately.
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spelling pubmed-41783662014-10-08 Bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: A report of two cases Srivatsan, K. S. Kumar, Vikas Mahendra, Ashish Singh, Preeti Natl J Maxillofac Surg Case Report The designation “keratocyst” was used to describe any jaw cyst in which keratin was formed to a large extent. A rare incidence of bilateral mandibular cysts (odontogenic keratocysts) was related to third molar teeth. Herein, we report two cases of bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor in a 22-year-old male and 15-year-old female, which was diagnosed by a series of investigations and treated appropriately. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4178366/ /pubmed/25298727 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.140186 Text en Copyright: © National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: A report of two cases
title_full Bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: A report of two cases
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title_sort bilateral keratocystic odontogenic tumor: a report of two cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178366/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.140186
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