INTRAOSSEOUS AND EXTRAOSSEOUS VARIANTS OF DENTINOGENIC GHOST CELL TUMOR: TWO CASE REPORTS

Tekkesin M., Erdem M. A., OZER N., Olgac V.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.56-60, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17096/jiufd.38386
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.56-60
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Dentinogenic ghost cell, intraosseous, extraosseous, odontogenic tumors
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper aims to present both intraosseous and extraosseous variant of dentinogenic ghost cell tumor as well as a review of the literature. An 11-year old female patient presented a swelling and pain in the molar area of the mandible and a 15-year-old female patient reported a complaint of swelling in the right vestibular region of teeth 12 and 13(FDI 2-digit classification system). Microscopic examinations showed similar features which characterized by ameloblastoma-like islands of epithelial cells, containing numerous ghost cells. The patients have been disease-free for one year. This paper aims to describe this rare tumor and to increase the number of cases in the literature to better understand its biologic behavior and treatment options.