A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management

Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor (DGCT) is a rare benign tumorous form of calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) characterized by the presence of ghost cells but it seems to have more aggressive behavior. It represents 11.5% of COCs. In this work, we report a case of a 60-year-old male patient with DGCT in...

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Autores principales: Novembre, Daniela, Giofrè, Elio, Barca, Ida, Ferragina, Francesco, Cristofaro, Maria Giulia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34349449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_20
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author Novembre, Daniela
Giofrè, Elio
Barca, Ida
Ferragina, Francesco
Cristofaro, Maria Giulia
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Giofrè, Elio
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description Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor (DGCT) is a rare benign tumorous form of calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) characterized by the presence of ghost cells but it seems to have more aggressive behavior. It represents 11.5% of COCs. In this work, we report a case of a 60-year-old male patient with DGCT in the posterior region of the right mandible treated with surgical enucleation.
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spelling pubmed-82724922021-08-03 A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management Novembre, Daniela Giofrè, Elio Barca, Ida Ferragina, Francesco Cristofaro, Maria Giulia J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor (DGCT) is a rare benign tumorous form of calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) characterized by the presence of ghost cells but it seems to have more aggressive behavior. It represents 11.5% of COCs. In this work, we report a case of a 60-year-old male patient with DGCT in the posterior region of the right mandible treated with surgical enucleation. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8272492/ /pubmed/34349449 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Novembre, Daniela
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Ferragina, Francesco
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A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title_full A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title_fullStr A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title_short A rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: Histopathological, clinical and surgical management
title_sort rare case of mandibular dentinogenic ghost cell tumor: histopathological, clinical and surgical management
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8272492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34349449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_185_20
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