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Gokul Venkateshwar1, Sandhya Tamgadge1, Avinash Tamgadge1
1Dept of Oral maxillofacial surgery, D Y Patil University, School of Dentistry, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Objective:
Glandular odontogenic cyst is an extremely rare lesion of the jaw. Its aggressive behavior and high recurrence rate makes it important while excising. Both clinical and radiographic features were nonspecific due to the similarities with other lesions therefore it can be misdiagnosed very easily. This article presents another case of Glandular odontogenic cyst in 17 year of male patient who was unaware of the lesion which was detected on routine examination.
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