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A lesion categorized between ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma and dentinogenic ghost cell tumor with CTNNB1 mutation.
Pathology international - 1 May 2018
Ohata Yae, Kayamori Kou, Yukimori Akane, Sumikura Kanako, Ohsako Toshimitsu, Harada Hiroyuki, Sakamoto Kei, Ikeda Tohru
Abstract excerpt
Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma (GCOC) is a rare malignant neoplasm characterized by the presence of ghost cells. It is considered to arise either de novo or from a preexisting benign precursor, calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC), or dentinogenic ghost cell tumor (DGCT). We report a case of a 44-year-old Japanese male with a left maxillary tumor. The patient received treatment to resect the left maxillary cyst 25...
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