dictionary help| Gorlin cyst --> calcifying odontogenic cyst | medical dictionary |
A mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesion of the jaws with features of both a cyst and a solid neoplasm; characterised microscopically by an epithelial lining showing a palisaded layer of columnar basal cells, presence of ghost cell keratinization, dentinoid, and calcification.
Synonyms: calcifying and keratinizing odontogenic cyst, Gorlin cyst.
(05 Mar 2000)
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