Difference between revisions of "Odontogenic tumours and cysts"

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==Keratocystic odontogenic tumour==
==Keratocystic odontogenic tumour==
*Abbreviation ''KOT''.
*Abbreviation ''KOT''.
*Previously known as ''odontogenic keratocyst''.<ref name=pmid18353202>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Madras | first1 = J. | last2 = Lapointe | first2 = H. | title = Keratocystic odontogenic tumour: reclassification of the odontogenic keratocyst from cyst to tumour. | journal = J Can Dent Assoc | volume = 74 | issue = 2 | pages = 165-165h | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18353202 }}</ref>
===General===
===General===
*Used to be known as ''odontogenic keratocyst''.<ref name=pmid18353202>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Madras | first1 = J. | last2 = Lapointe | first2 = H. | title = Keratocystic odontogenic tumour: reclassification of the odontogenic keratocyst from cyst to tumour. | journal = J Can Dent Assoc | volume = 74 | issue = 2 | pages = 165-165h | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18353202 }}
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*May be associated with ''[[nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome]]''.
*May be associated with ''[[nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome]]''.


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*Stratified epithelium resembling squamous epithelium - typically 8-10 cell layers thick - with relatively uniform thickness ("ribbon-like appearance").
*Stratified epithelium resembling squamous epithelium - typically 8-10 cell layers thick - with relatively uniform thickness ("ribbon-like appearance").
*Artefactual separation of epithelium from the basement membrane.
*Artefactual separation of epithelium from the basement membrane.
*Parakeratosis (keratinized cells with nuclei) -- '''key feature'''.
*Parakeratosis (keratinized cells with nuclei) - '''key feature'''.
*Palisaded basal cell layer.
*Palisaded basal cell layer.
*Lacks [[rete ridges]].  
*Lacks [[rete ridges]].  
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