Non-calcifying Pindborg tumor with Langerhans cells

Abstract

A rare case of calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT) devoid of calcification is reported with histochemical, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies. The tumor occurred intraosseously in the left maxillary canine and premolar region of a 58-year-old man. The tumor chiefly consisted of scattered small islands of epithelial cells in an abundant fibro-myxoid connective tissue stroma. Among the nests, there were many spherical bodies of eosinophilic substance for which non-AA amyloid and non-keratin or basal lamina-like natures were demonstrated histochemically and immunohistochemically. In some nests, there were a few, occasionally several, cells positive for S-100 protein. Ultrastructurally, Langerhans cells with indented nuclei and Birbeck's granules were seen among tumor cells. The prognostic significance of the paucity of calcification and the presence of Langerhans cells in CEOT of which this is only the second description is discussed.