Peripheral Odontogenic Keratocyst: A Report of 2 Cases

✍ Scribed by Ide, Fumio; Shimoyama, Tetsuo; Horie, Norio

• Book ID: 127244142
• Publisher: American Academy of Periodontology
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 168 KB
• Volume: 73
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3492
• DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.9.1079

✦ Synopsis

Background: Occurrence of a gingival cyst in adults that exhibits the histopathologic hallmarks of an odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is rare.

Methods: Two cases of primary soft tissue OKC in an adult female are described. Both presented as an asymptomatic small nodule on the buccal gingiva of the anterior mandible.

Results: After simple excision, no recurrence was observed.

Conclusions: All available data indicate that, irrespective of the nomenclature, peripheral OKC should be included under the histopathological spectrum of gingival cysts in the adult. J Periodontol 2002;73:1079‐1081.