Aggressive lesion of maxilla destined to be a calcified odontogenic cyst

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Case Report

Author Details : Chandana V*, Rohit R Koppalkar

Volume : 9, Issue : 3, Year : 2023

Article Page : 160-162

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jooo.2023.035

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Abstract

The lesion which was initially thought as an aggressive lesion turns to be the unique and unusual type of developmental cyst. A female patient being not aware about this turned up with the complaint of tooth ache and difficulty to chew in the right side. Later, after examination and investigations there seems to be calcified structure within the lesion. The lesion was diagnosed as a Calcified Odontogenic Cyst. The present study examines with the advanced imaging modality to study the lesion accurately. The surgical treatment and the follow up of the lesion have been discussed in the article.
 

Keywords: Calcifying odonztogenic cyst (COC), Gorlin cyst, Mixed radiodensity, Unilocular, Benign aggressive lesion.

How to cite : Chandana V, Koppalkar R R, Aggressive lesion of maxilla destined to be a calcified odontogenic cyst. J Oral Med Oral Surg Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2023;9(3):160-162

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