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Case Reports
. 1985 Dec 15;56(12):2861-4.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19851215)56:12<2861::aid-cncr2820561224>3.0.co;2-l.

Simultaneous occurrence of a calcifying odontogenic cyst and its malignant transformation

K Ikemura, A Horie, H Tashiro, M Nandate
Case Reports

Simultaneous occurrence of a calcifying odontogenic cyst and its malignant transformation

K Ikemura et al. Cancer. .

Abstract

The authors report a 48-year-old woman with a lesion in the maxilla, where a typical calcifying odontogenic cyst and a malignant tumor occurred simultaneously. She was diagnosed as having a malignant calcifying odontogenic cyst (tumor). The patient died of intracranial extension 20 months after diagnosis. Metastases were not detected.

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