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Peripheral odontogenic keratocyst: a report of 2 cases
Fumio Ide1, Tetsuo Shimoyama, Norio Horie
1Department of Oral Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe, Japan.
Journal of Periodontology
|September 26, 2002
Abstract
Background:
Occurrence of a gingival cyst in adults that exhibits the histopathologic hallmarks of an odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is rare.
Methods:
Two cases of primary soft tissue OKC in an adult female are described. Both presented as an asymptomatic small nodule on the buccal gingiva of the anterior mandible.
Results:
After simple excision, no recurrence was observed.
Conclusions:
All available data indicate that, irrespective of the nomenclature, peripheral OKC should be included under the histopathological spectrum of gingival cysts in the adult.