Maxillary keratocystic odontogenic tumor with calcifications: A review and case report
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Maxillary keratocystic odontogenic tumor with calcifications: A review and case report
Calcifications or hard tissue deposits in the wall of keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) are rare and uncommon. Three types of calcifications have been reported in the literature: dystrophic, cartilagenous, dentinoid. A case of maxillary KCOT with calcification is reported with a review on prevalence and pathogenesis of these calcifications. The calcifications associated with the connective ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0973-029X
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029x.86692