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11/06/2011 at 1:25 pm
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Anonymous
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST
Keratin debris
Diagnostic Pearls
* Nonkeratinized to orthokeratinized stratified squamous epithelium
* Corrugated surface mucosa with separation from underlying stroma
* Peripheral palisading of basal cells
LATERAL PERIODONTAL CYST
Cyst with thin squamous lining
Diagnostic Pearls
* Thin squamous lining with focal thickening
* Clear cells
* Besides a tooth near the crest of alveolar ridge