Difference between revisions of "Odontogenic tumours and cysts"

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 *Transforms into squamous epithelium. (???)
-==Compound odontome==
+==Odontoma==
 ===General===
 *Usually diagnosed clinically.
 *Benign.
+*Most common odontogenic tumour - considered to be a [[hamartoma]].<ref name=pmid20533004/>
+*Etiology unknown.<ref name=pmid22629054>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yadav | first1 = M. | last2 = Godge | first2 = P. | last3 = Meghana | first3 = SM. | last4 = Kulkarni | first4 = SR. | title = Compound odontoma. | journal = Contemp Clin Dent | volume = 3 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = S13-5 | month = Apr | year = 2012 | doi = 10.4103/0976-237X.95095 | PMID = 22629054 }}</ref>
+Classification:<ref name=pmid20533004/>
+*Compound - tooth-like structure.
+*Complex - disorganized mass of odontogenic tissues.
 ===Microscopic===
-Features:
+Features:<ref name=pmid20533004/>
-* ???
+* Dentin.
+* Cementum.
+* Pulpal tissue.
+* Enamel - has a "fish-scale" appearance.
+**Usually lost during decalcificiation.
+Images:
+*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996496/figure/Fig3/ Compound odontoma (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid20533004>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nelson | first1 = BL. | last2 = Thompson | first2 = LD. | title = Compound odontoma. | journal = Head Neck Pathol | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 290-1 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1007/s12105-010-0186-2 | PMID = 20533004 }}</ref>
+*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996496/figure/Fig3/ Enamel matrix (nih.gov)].
 ==Radicular cyst==