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Actinomyces colonization in keratocystic odontogenic tumor: a case report
Zohreh Jafari-Ashkavandi1, Fereshteh Kamali2
1Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran;
Abstract:
Actinomycosis is an anaerobic infection that involves the craniofacial region and its colonization has rarely been reported in the developmental odontogenic cysts. In the present report, a case of odontogenic keratocyst (which is now called keratocystic odontogenic tumor) with the colonization of actinomyces is introduced and its significance is discussed.
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