calcifying odontogenic cyst

calcifying odontogenic cyst
a slow-growing benign neoplasm either in the mandible or in the gingiva, varying from solid to soft; the center contains a layer resembling stellate reticulum, with ghost cells, some of which have dystrophic calcification. Called also Gorlin c.

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