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Review
. 2015 Feb;9(2):ZE01-3.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10990.5533. Epub 2015 Feb 1.

Rushton bodies: an update

Suresh Babburi  1 , Amrutha Rajesh Rudraraju  2 , Aparna V  3 , Sowjanya P  4
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Review

Rushton bodies: an update

Suresh Babburi et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

Rushton bodies are peculiar, eosinophilic, linear, curved or straight, polycyclic, glassy structures occurring with variable frequency in the epithelial lining of odontogenic cysts, whose presence occasionally contributes to the diagnosis. Presence of these structures depends upon the sectioning plane of specimen. They are easily identifiable by their peculiar morphological and staining patterns. There is considerably ambiguity about the nature and epithelial, vascular, odontogenic or keratinous origin of these hyaline bodies. This article highlights the occurrence, light and electron microscopic features and histogenesis of Rushton bodies.

Keywords: Hyaline bodies; Odontogenic cysts.

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[Table/Fig-1]:
[Table/Fig-1]:
Rushton bodies (arrows) in the epithelium of Radicular cyst ( 20x objective). a) Showing linear and curved types. b) Showing circular type
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