Odontogenic cyst with verrucous proliferation

J Oral Pathol Med. 2002 Sep;31(8):500-3. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00144.x.

Abstract

An unusual case of an odontogenic cyst with verrucous proliferation is described in a 13-year-old girl. This histologically distinctive odontogenic cyst variant does not appear to have been reported previously. The cyst was characterised by a series of verrucous projections in the lumen with hypergranulosis and cells resembling koilocytes, raising the possibility of a viral aetiology. However, no evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) was found using immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cell Division
  • Epithelial Cells / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia
  • Keratins / analysis
  • Maxillary Diseases / pathology*
  • Mitosis
  • Odontogenic Cysts / pathology*
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Warts / pathology

Substances

  • Keratins